the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > rob [verb (transitive)] > attack and rob (5)
To throttle (a person) in order to rob him.
transitive. colloquial. To attack and rob (a person), esp. in a public place. Now the usual sense.
transitive. U.S. colloquial. To assault (a person); to beat up, mug.
colloquial. To perform the action of steaming, n. additions.