(rob) v. robbed, rob·bing v.t.
1. To seize and carry off the property of by unlawful violence or threat of violence; commit robbery upon.
2. To deprive (a person) of something belonging or due; defraud.
3. To plunder; rifle, as a house.
4. To steal.
—v.i.
5. To commit robbery. See synonyms under STEAL. [<OF rober <OHG roubon. Akin to REAVE, ROBE.]

(rob)
Diminutive of ROBERT.