(a) To rob, plunder; also fig.; ~ and (ne) stelen, stelen and (ne) ~; robben and (or) ~; (b) to plunder (a land, town, the church, etc.), rifle (a house); rob (sb.), despoil; also fig.; robben and ~.

(a) To seize (sth.), snatch, make off with; take (sth.) by violence; usurp (a kingdom); of a bird of prey: kill and carry off (its food); ~ awei; ppl. reved as noun: stolen goods; (b) ~ of (from), to seize (sth.) from (sb., a place) by force, steal; pull (wool) from (sheep); ~ on, prevent (sb.) from (fulfilling an intention); (c) to remove (sth.), take off; take away (a mental faculty, a mental or emotional state, a disease, etc.), remove, get rid of; ~ awei; ~ from, separate (sb. or sth.) from (sb.), banish; (d) to take away (sb.); also, carry off (a soul), carry off (sb.), kidnap; ~ awei, carry off (sb.) to heaven; (e) to abduct (a woman); take away (another's wife); steal (someone's affections); ~ awei; (f) to take over (a task, an appointment).

(a) To snatch (sb. away from danger), rescue, save; release (sb. from life); ~ doun, take (Christ) down (from the cross); (b) to ravish (sb., a soul into ecstasy); overpower (someone's heart) with love; obtain (love) by force, ravish.

(a) To take (the life of sb. or of an animal); (b) to cut off (a bodily member); remove (the hide from a lion); ~ of.

With double object: (a) to deprive (sb.) of (sth.), take (sth.) from (sb.); deprive (sb.) of (a road, free passage), block (the road before sb.) [quot.: a1450 (a1338)]; (b) to take (sb.) from (sb.); also, rescue (sb.) from (sb.); (c) to deprive (sb.) of (a bodily or mental ability, emotional state, etc.); deprive (the sun) of (its light); deter (sb.) from (a plan of action); divert (sb. or sth.) from (the right way); (d) to deprive (sb., oneself, an animal) of (life); deprive (sb.) of (a part of the body); take off (the hide) from (a lion); (e) ~ from (o, of), to deprive (sb.) of (sb. or sth., life); sever (a body) from (its head); separate (sb.) from (sth.); deprive (the body) of nourishment.