reave

Meaning

1. To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.
2. To deprive (a person) of something through theft or violence.

Synonyms

loot

pillage

despoil

plunder

foray

ransack

rifle

strip

rob

snatch

stick up

pirate

harry

heist

hold up

mug

bereave

raid

rip off

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹiːv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: reven

Inherited from Old English: rēafian

Cognate with Western Frisian: rave

Cognate with Old English: rēaf

Cognate with Norwegian: rjuva

Cognate with German: rauben

Cognate with Danish: røve

Cognate with Swedish: röva

Cognate with Latin: rumpere

Cognate with Lithuanian: rùpti

Cognate with Sanskrit: रोपयति

In summary

From Middle English reven, from Old English rēafian, from Proto-West Germanic *raubōn.
Germanic cognates include West Frisian rave, Old English rēaf (“spoils, booty”)), and Old English past participle rofen (“torn, broken”), Norwegian rjuva, German rauben, Danish røve, and Swedish röva. Outside of Germanic, related to Latin rumpere (“to break”), Lithuanian rùpti (“to roughen”), Sanskrit रोपयति (ropayati, “to make suffer”)). See rob and reif.