rob

rob
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. t. plunder, rifle, pillage, steal, purloin, burglarize; defraud. See stealing.
II
(Roget's IV) v.
Syn. thieve, take, burglarize, strip, plunder, loot, deprive of, withhold from, defraud, cheat, swindle, pilfer, break into, hold up, stick up, mug, purloin, filch, lift, abscond with, embezzle, defalcate, peculate, shoplift, despoil, pillage, sack, burgle*, snitch*, pinch*, push over*, knock over*, roll*, swipe*, cop*, rip off*; see also steal .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
1. steal burglarize, burgle, hold up, stick up, *mug, *heist, thieve, filch, *swipe, loot, purloin, pilfer.
2. deprive withhold, do out of.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To take property or possessions from (a person or company, for example) unlawfully and usually forcibly: hold up, stick up. Slang: heist, knock off. See CRIMES, GIVE. 2. To take or keep something away from: deprive, dispossess, divest, strip1. See GIVE.

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