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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

Nearest

reassuringly
reata
reattach
reattachment
reattain
reattempt
reattribute
Réaumur
Reaumur scale
Reaumur thermometer
reave
reaver
reawaken
Reb
rebadge
rebarbative
rebate
rebato
rebbe
rebec
Rebecca