Cause bad deprivation (3)
I believe the answer is:
rob
'cause' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I can't understand how they can define each other.
I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rob that I've seen before include "shortened form of man's name" , "Hold up" , "boy's name" , "Burgle" , "Unlawfully take property from (someone)" .)