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Law To take property from (a person) illegally by using or threatening to use violence or force; commit robbery upon.
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To take valuable or desired articles unlawfully from: rob a bank.
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To deprive unjustly of something belonging to, desired by, or legally due (someone): robbed her of her professional standing.
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To deprive of something injuriously: a parasite that robs a tree of its sap.
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To take as booty; steal.
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American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.