Entry Word: rob

Function: verb

Meaning: to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully <in jail for robbing a bank>

Synonyms burglarize, rip off, steal (from)

Related Words despoil, loot, pillage, plunder, sack, spoil, strip; bleed, break in, cheat, chisel, cozen, defraud, exploit, fleece, gyp, mulct, rook, squeeze, stick, swindle; hold up, mug, stick up