reaver
One who pillages
A reaver is one who plunders or takes by force—a raider, robber, or pillager.
The word is archaic or literary, surviving mainly in fantasy fiction and historical contexts: Border reavers terrorized the Scottish lowlands for centuries.
To reave is to seize or carry off by violence, though the verb is rarer still than the noun.
One who raids for loot
- pillagerOne who ransacks
- plundererOne who loots
- brigandArmed robber, often rural
- banditArmed roadside thief
pirate · looter · corsair · buccaneer · freebooter · highwayman · outlaw · robber
Stolen valuables
- spoilsSeized war gains
- pillageViolent theft of goods
- bootyStolen valuables, especially treasure
- ransackPlunder while destroying
despoil · maraud · raid · sack · ravage · seize · haul · treasure
marauder
One who raids for loot
bandit · pirate · looter · corsair · buccaneer · freebooter · highwayman · outlaw · robber · viking
loot
Stolen valuables
ransack · despoil · maraud · raid · sack · ravage · seize · haul · treasure · riches
brutal
Savagely harsh or severe
- ruthlessLacking any compassion
- mercilessShowing no clemency
- bloodthirstyEager to kill
vicious · feral · fierce · barbaric · predatory · cruel · relentless · ferocious · wild · untamed
dread
Intense anticipatory fear
nightmare · scourge · threat · devastation · havoc · destruction · ruin · carnage · slaughter · bloodshed
- Outlawsoutlaw, bandit, desperado, highwayman, robber
- Plundererslooter, marauder, pillager, plunderer, raider
- roguesrogue, rogues, scoundrel, scoundrels, rascal
- warriorsfighter, knight, footsoldier, barbarian, samurai
- hired fightersmercenary, soldier of fortune, gun for hire, hired gun, sellsword
reavermerchant
One who sells wares
trader · giver · benefactor · philanthropist · peacemaker
bereaved, bereavement, bereave, bereaving, bereaves, reavers, reave