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Reave

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Verb

1. despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip

steal goods; take as spoils

Example Sentences:
'During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Reave

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verbWord forms: reaves, reaving, reaved or reft (rɛft ) archaic
1. 
to carry off (property, prisoners, etc) by force
2. (transitive; foll by of)
to deprive; strip
See also reive
verbWord forms: reaves, reaving, reaved or reft (rɛft )
archaic
to break or tear (something) apart; cleave

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Reave

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verb transitiveWord forms: reaved or reft, ˈreaving
Archaic
to take away by violence; seize; rob
verb transitiveWord forms: reaved or reft, ˈreaving
Archaic
to break, split, tear, or the like

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Reave

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v. reaved also reft (rĕft), reav·ing, reaves
Archaic
v.tr.
1. To seize and carry off forcibly.
2. To deprive (one) of something; bereave.
v.intr.
To rob, plunder, or pillage.

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