rob

/rɒb/ verb [T] (present participle robbing, past tense and past participle robbed)

Definition

› to steal from someone or somewhere, often using violence: to rob a bank Two tourists were robbed at gunpoint in the city centre last night.

rob sb of sth › to take something important away from someone: The war had robbed them of their innocence.

(Definition of rob verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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