Also with away. transitive. To take forcible possession of (something belonging to another person); to steal. Now chiefly Scottish.

Without const.: To rob; to spoil, ravish.

To rob.

transitive. To rob (a person); to steal (a thing) away.

To rob (of baggage, etc.); to plunder. Cf. detruss, v., distruss, v. Obsolete.

transitive. To rob, plunder.

Thieves' Cant. To ‘lift’, to rob. Obsolete.

To relieve (one) of a burden; †to rob.

transitive. To rob, strip. Also absol.

transitive. To rob.

transitive. colloquial. To rob, burgle; to ransack.

transitive. To use violence or bullying tactics against (a person); to coerce or bully into doing something.

transitive. Criminals' slang. To rob, break into.

A hold-up, a robbery; also attributive and in other combinations. Also as v., to hold up, rob, steal. Cf. hist, v.2 1, hoist, v. 6 and hoist, n. 5.

transitive. U.S. slang. To steal (a thing); to rob, hold up (a person or place). Cf. to rip off 3 at rip, v.1 phrasal verbs 1.

figurative. To kill; to rob. slang (originally U.S.).

slang. To steal, to rob. Also transferred.