n. | 1. | 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. | 1. | To take (something) away from by force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from. |
| 2. | (Law) 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. |
| 3. | 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. | 1. | To take that which belongs to another, without right or permission, esp. by violence. |