reive
verb (used with or without object)
to rob; plunder.
reiver
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a word derived from
reive.
Example Sentences
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Craig Johnston, who shares his surname with one of the great reiver families, is English but campaigning for a "yes" vote in Scotland.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2014
A horse was like a car to a Border reiver: fast transport for a speedy getaway, and a powerful status symbol.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2013
‘We go to catch a rank reiver Has broken faith wi' the bold Buccleuch.’
From Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys by Various
However, 'fondy' or no, I was sworn to go and see for myself, though the thought that 'twas perhaps a disguise the reiver had worn gave me discomfort, and made my quest seem foolish enough.
From Border Ghost Stories by Howard Pease
And if you do it bravely and openly, and habitually live by such inroad, you may retain nearly every moral and manly virtue, and become a heroic rider and reiver, and hero of song.
From Time and Tide by Weare and Tyne Twenty-five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work by John Ruskin
