rob

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 ]

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. (Naut.) See Ropeband. [ 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 ]