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Deprived a chap of somewhere to sleep (6)

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I believe the answer is:

robbed

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'deprived' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with ownership as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'a chap of somewhere to sleep' is the wordplay.
'a chap of' becomes 'rob' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'somewhere to sleep' becomes 'bed'.
'rob'+'bed'='ROBBED'

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(Other definitions for robbed that I've seen before include "Took by force or without consent" , "Stole" , "stripped" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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