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1. (v.t.) reave
to plunder; rob.
2. (v.i.) reave
Archaic. to rend; break; tear.
Etymology: (1550–60; appar. confusion of reave1 with rive)
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1. (verb) plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
steal goods; take as spoils
"During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
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1. (verb) reave
to take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]
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