v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Robbed p. pr. & vb. n. Robbing. ] [ OF. rober, of German origin; cf. OHG. roub&unr_;n, G. rauben, and OHG. roub robbing, booty, G. raub. √114. See Reave, and cf. Robe. ] 1. To take (something) away from by force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who would rob a hermit of his weeds,
His few books, or his beads, or maple dish? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that is robbed, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know it, and he's not robbed at all. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To be executed for robbing a church. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

I never robbed the soldiers of their pay. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F.; cf. Sp. rob, It. rob, robbo, Pg. robe, arrobe, Ar. rubb, robb, Per. rub. ] 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. [ Written also rhob, and rohob. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To take that which belongs to another, without right or permission, esp. by violence. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am accursed to rob in that thief's company. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. róbalo. ] Any of several pikelike marine fishes of the West Indies and tropical America constituting the family Oxylabracidae, esp. the largest species (Oxylabrax undecimalis, syn. Centropomus undecimalis), a valuable food fish called also snook, the smaller species being called [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Naut.) See Roperand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some roving robber calling to his fellows. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Thief; depredator; despoiler; plunderer; pillager; rifler; brigang; freebooter; pirate. See Thief. [ 1913 Webster ]

Robber crab. (Zool.) (a) A purse crab. (b) Any hermit crab. --
Robber fly. (Zool.) Same as Hornet fly, under Hornet. --
Robber gull (Zool.), a jager gull. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Robberies [ OF. roberie. ] 1. The act or practice of robbing; theft. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thieves for their robbery have authority
When judges steal themselves. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The crime of robbing. See Rob, v. t., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Robbery, in a strict sense, differs from theft, as it is effected by force or intimidation, whereas theft is committed by stealth, or privately. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Theft; depredation; spoliation; despoliation; despoilment; plunder; pillage; rapine; larceny; freebooting; piracy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Com.) A kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities are sometimes exported from the East Indies. The robbin of rice in Malabar weighs about 84 pounds. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) See Ropeband. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Robed p. pr. & vb. n. Robing. ] To invest with a robe or robes; to dress; to array; as, fields robed with green. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sage Chaldeans robed in white appeared. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such was his power over the expression of his countenance, that he could in an instant shake off the sternness of winter, and robe it in the brightest smiles of spring. Wirt. [ 1913 Webster ]