Meaning

verb take something away by force or without the consent of the owner

verb rip off; ask an unreasonable price

originFrom Middle English robben, from Anglo-Norman robber, from Late Latin raubāre, from Frankish *raubōn (compare Dutch roven) and Old High German roubōn, raubōn (“to rob, steal, plunder”), from Proto-Germanic *raubōną. Doublet of reave.

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