robber

n : a thief who takes property by threatening (or performing)

violence on the person who is robbed [syn: {mugger}]

clobber

To overwrite, usually unintentionally: "I walked off the end

of the array and clobbered the stack."

Compare {mung}, {scribble}, {trash}, and {smash the stack}.

[{Jargon File}]

(1994-12-16)