strub

The English word “strub” has 1 meaning listed here.

verb

To rob, plunder; clear out completely; to strip.

Etymology

Origin obscure. Perhaps from Middle English strupen, a variant of strepen (“to strip, rob, plunder”), from Old English *strȳpan (attested in Old English bestrȳpan (“to strip, rob, spoil, bereave”), whence English bestrip). More at strip.

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