reave
Strip away forcibly
Reave is an archaic or literary verb meaning to rob, plunder, or carry off by force: The raiders reaved the countryside.
It also means to tear away or deprive: reaved of all hope.
The past tense is reaved or reft.
The word survives mainly in bereave, which originally meant to be robbed of someone by death.
Violent theft of goods
- lootStolen valuables
- despoilStrip of possessions
- spoilsSeized war gains
- bootyStolen valuables, especially treasure
ransack · sack · maraud · depredation · foray · raid · pillaging · treasure
pillage
Violent theft of goods
booty · ransack · sack · maraud · depredation · foray · raid · pillaging · treasure · swag
bereft
Deprived through loss
widow · orphan · sorrow · mourning · anguish · desolation · dispossess · strip · divest · rob
viking
Medieval Nordic raider
invasion · maraud · pillage · expedition · sortie · skirmish · onslaught · attack · ambush · irruption