ROB, n. The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, mixed with honey or sugar to the consistence of a conserve.ROB, v.t. 1. In law, to take from the person of another feloniously, forcibly and by putting him in fear; as, to rob a passenger on the road.2. To seize and carry from any thing by violence and with felonious intent; as, to rob a coach; to rob the mail.3. To plunder; to strip unlawfully; as, to rob an orchard; to rob a man of his just praise.4. To take away by oppression or by violence.Rob not the poor because he is poor. Prov. 22.5. To take from; to deprive. A large tree robs smaller plants near it of their nourishment.6. In a loose sense, to steal; to take privately without permission of the owner.7. To withhold what is due. Mal 3.
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