reive

American

[reev] / riv /

verb (used with or without object)

Chiefly Scot.

reived, reiving

to rob; plunder.

reive British

/ riːv /

verb

dialect (intr) to go on a plundering raid

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Other Word Forms

reiver noun

Etymology

Origin of reive

First recorded in 1860–65; variant of reave ¹

Example Sentences

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As kick-off approached, they roared and roared, fuelled by the hope of seeing their team pull off a remarkable shock and reive their qualifying hopes.

From BBC

Attorney Sofia Reive said in a declaration that she met last weekend with nine fathers on a list provided by the U.S. government of parents who had waived reunification with their children.

From Reuters

All of the fathers, Reive said, “had no idea that they had signed a document that relinquished any rights to be reunited with the children.”

From Reuters

JD Reive is in his second season as the men’s gymnastics coach at the University of Iowa, where the football team accounted for 52.6 percent of athletic department revenue last year.

From BusinessWeek

Reive said his program might disappear if the football team falters.

From BusinessWeek

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