How Did They Rob gods?

How Did They Rob gods?
In Genesis 31:30, it states: "Now you have indeed gone away because you longed greatly for your father’s house; but why did you steal my gods?” (Genesis 31:30 NASB1995). Laban asks Jacob — who will be called Israel — why he stole his gods, but what does this mean?

We get the answer when we read the entire passage: "When Laban had gone to shear his flock, then Rachel stole the household idols that were her father’s," (Genesis 31:19 NASB1995). Laban had his idols stolen, something that represented gods.

As Poole writes: "he called them gods, because they were the means or representations whereby he worshipped his gods," (Poole).

Gill also writes: "Yet, wherefore, hast thou stolen my gods? what reason had he for that? if he took away himself, his wives, his children, his goods, what business had he with his gods? he could not claim these as his, meaning the images or teraphim before mentioned, Genesis 31:19," (Gill).

References:

Poole, Matthew. Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy Bible. United States, Hendrickson Publishers Marketing, LLC, 1990.

Wolever, Terry. John Gill's Exposition of the Old and New Testaments: Some Background on the First Three Editions. United States, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018.