Local English word record

reave

verb · 1 sense

steal goods; take as spoils

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Examples

  • During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners

Word relationships

Synonyms

plunder, despoil, loot, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray

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