verb
1.
to take possessions unlawfully
rob a bank
he was mugged and robbed
Synonyms: ||knock off, knock over, loot, plunder, ransack, relieve, rifle, rip off, stick up; compare burglarize , housebreak
Related Word: ||heist, hold up; jackroll, roll; strong-arm; filch, hijack, lift, pilfer, purloin, steal, thieve; cheat, defraud, hustle, swindle; despoil, pillage, ravage, sack
2.
Synonyms: deprive 2, bereave, disinherit, dispossess, divest, lose, oust