Definition of rob

• n. - 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.
• v. t. - To take (something) away from by force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from.
• v. t. - 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.
• v. t. - 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.
• v. i. - To take that which belongs to another, without right or permission, esp. by violence.