1.Law To take property from (a person) illegally by using or threatening to use violence or force; commit robbery upon. 2. To take valuable or desired articles unlawfully from: rob a bank.3a. To deprive unjustly of something belonging to, desired by, or legally due (someone): robbed her of her professional standing.b. To deprive of something injuriously: a parasite that robs a tree of its sap.4. To take as booty; steal.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
To engage in or commit robbery.
IDIOMS:
rob (someone) blind To rob in an unusually deceitful or thorough way: robbed the old couple blind while employed as a companion.rob the cradleInformal To have a romantic or sexual relationship with someone significantly younger than oneself.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English robben, from Old French rober, of Germanic origin. See reup- in Appendix I.
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