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Reave   /riv/   Listen
Reave

verb
(past & past part. reft; pres. part. reaving)
1.
Steal goods; take as spoils.  Synonyms: despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, rifle, strip.






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"Reave" Quotes from Famous Books



... lords, if ever, show your honours now. Those proud, usurping Spanish tyrants come, To reave from you what most you do regard: To take away your credit and your fame: To raze and spoil our right-renowned town; And if you Love or Lucre do regard, Or have of Conscience any kind of care, The world shall witness by this action; And of the love that you to us ...
— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VI • Robert Dodsley

... of foot as is the pretty roe, Roe swift of pace: When yelping hounds pursue her to and fro, Hounds fierce in chase To reave her life. ...
— Tudor and Stuart Love Songs • Various



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