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rob
verb appropriate illegally, burglarize, commit robbery, despoliare, exspoliare, hold up, loot, peculate, pilfer, pillage, plunder, purloin, seize, steal, take by force, take unlawful possessionSee also: defalcate, deprive, despoil, harry, hold up, impropriate, loot, peculate, pilfer, pillage, pirate, plunder, prey, purloin, spoil, steal