Rob

[rɒb] or [rɑb]

Definition

(verb.) take something away by force or without the consent of the owner; 'The burglars robbed him of all his money'.

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Definition

(n.) The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar.

(v. t.) To take (something) away from by force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from.

(v. t.) To take the property of (any one) from his person, or in his presence, feloniously, and against his will, by violence or by putting him in fear.

(v. t.) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud; as, to rob one of his rest, or of his good name; a tree robs the plants near it of sunlight.

(v. i.) To take that which belongs to another, without right or permission, esp. by violence.

Editor: Ronda

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Plunder, strip, despoil, fleece, pillage.

Typed by Ellie

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Plunder, deprive, denude, strip, pillage, defraud, cheat, impoverish

ANT:Compensate, endow, enrich, invest, indemnify

Editor: Yvonne

Definition

v.t. to take away from by force or theft: to plunder: to steal: to deprive: (B.) to withhold what is due.—v.i. to commit robbery:—pr.p. rob′bing; pa.t. and pa.p. robbed.—ns. Rob′ber one who robs; Rob′ber-coun′cil (Latrocinium Ephesinum) the council which met at Ephesus in August 449 under the presidency of Dioscurus whose horde of fanatical monks by sheer violence carried the restoration of Eutyches—its resolutions were annulled at Chalcedon in 451; Rob′ber-crab a hermit-crab; Rob′ber-fly any dipterous insect of the family Asilid; Rob′ber-gull the skua; Rob′bery theft from the person aggravated by violence or intimidation: plundering.—Robbing Peter to pay Paul paying and repaying out of the same fund: taking what is due to one to pay another.

n. the juice of ripe fruit mixed with honey or sugar.

Checker: Rhonda

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