robber, rough up, rob Peter to pay Paul

His first opera - entitled "Azakia" - debuted shortly thereafter, as did his stage music for German playwright Friedrich Schiller's drama, "Räuber" ("The Robbers").


China Blasts Christian Bale Over Attempted Dissident Visit
The Batman star was roughed up by guards when he brought a camera crew to human rights activist's village.



German Stance on Troops Falters A row over a deadly airstrike in Afghanistan threatens to rob German Chancellor Merkel's government of the political backing it needs to meet a U.S. request for more troops.


rough up
Manhandle, subject to physical abuse, as in The gang was about to rough him up when the police arrived. [First half of 1900s]

rob
v., robbed, rob·bing, robs. v.tr.

1. Law. To take property from (a person) illegally by using or threatening to use violence or force; commit robbery upon.
2. To take valuable or desired articles unlawfully from: rob a bank.
3. 1. To deprive unjustly of something belonging to, desired by, or legally due (someone): robbed her of her professional standing.
   2. To deprive of something injuriously: a parasite that robs a tree of its sap.
4. To take as booty; steal.

v.intr.
To engage in or commit robbery.

idioms:
rob (someone) blind

1. To rob in an unusually deceitful or thorough way: robbed the old couple blind while employed as a companion.

rob the cradle Informal.

1. To have a romantic or sexual relationship with someone significantly younger than oneself.

[Middle English robben, from Old French rober, of Germanic origin.]

robber rob'ber n.

v. tr. - 搶劫, 盜取, 劫掠, 非法剝奪, 使喪失
v. intr. - 搶劫
idioms:

• rob Peter to pay Paul 剜肉補瘡

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - …から強奪する, 盗む, …から奪う, 強盗をする, 略奪する
n. - 男子名
idioms:

• rob Peter to pay Paul 他方を犠牲にして尽くす

Definition of robber

noun

• a person who commits robbery.

Origin:

Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old French robere, from the verb rober (see rob)