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Verb: reave (reft)  reev
Usage: archaic
  1. Steal goods; take as spoils
    "During the earthquake people reft the stores that were deserted by their owners";
    - plunder, despoil, loot, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray

Sounds like: reals, reave

Derived forms: reaves, reaving, reft

Type of: take

Encyclopedia: Reave