Associations to the word «Reave»

Wiktionary

REAVE, verb. (archaic) To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.
REAVE, verb. (archaic) To split, tear, break apart.

Dictionary definition

REAVE, verb. Steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners".

Wise words

More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.
Antoine De Saint-Exupery