Reave

[Reave]

To reave is to plunder, or to steal a lot of goods from someone. An attacking army might storm through a village and reave from all of the houses in it.

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To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic].

Verb
steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

v. i.
To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]

Reave

Reave , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reaved , Reft , or Raft (obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Reaving.] [AS. re'a0fian, from re'a0f spoil, plunder, clothing, re'a2fan to break (cf. bire'a2fan to deprive of); akin to G. rauben to rob, Icel. raufa to rob, rj&umac;fa to break, violate, Goth. bir'a0ubon to despoil, L. rumpere to break; cf. Skr. lup to break. &root;114. Cf. Bereave, Rob, v. t., Robe, Rove, v. t., Rupture.] To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]. "To reave his life." Spenser.

He golden apples raft of the dragon.

By privy stratagem my life at home.

To reave the orphan of his patrimony.

The heaven caught and reft him of his tongue.

To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic].

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