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Definition of reave

steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

Similar Words: plunder, despoil, loot, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray

Hyponyms: deplume, displume

Derivational Morphology: loot, booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money, plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter, plundering, pillaging, looting, robbery, spoil, spoliation, spoilation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation

Anagrams: raver

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