benim

Etymology

From Middle English benimen, from Old English beniman, from Proto-West Germanic *bineman, from Proto-Germanic *binemaną (“to take away”). Equivalent to be- (“off, away”) + nim.

verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To take away; rob; deprive; ravish
   Benombe of ones lymbes […] […] He is now benomme of his lymmes. 1530, John Palsgrave, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
   Alas ! it benimeth from man his wit and his reason, and all his debonaire life spiritual that should keep his soul. Certes it benimeth also God's due lordship (and that is man's soul) and the love of his neighbours : […] 1876, Henry Morley, “Illustrations of English religion”, in Chaucer
   To visit I should much prefer Some sick but wealthy usurer : With patience would I comfort him, In hope some deniers to benimme, And when pale death steals o'er his face, Transport him to the burial-place. 1900, Guillaume (de Lorris), Jean de Meun, Frederick Startridge Ellis, The Romance of the Rose - Volume 2
   […] by his name maketh clepe him and name him Rude Intendment hath made him an espier of ways and a waiter [waylayer] of pilgrims and will benim [rob] them their burdons and unscrip them of their scrips, beguiling them with lying words. 1963, William Matthews, Later medieval English prose