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
The old reiver blood coursed warmly through my veins, and I faced him without fear.
From Betty Grier by Joseph Laing Waugh
“We go to catch a rank reiver, Has broken faith wi’ the bauld Buccleuch.”
From Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland
The Lord bent his brows on him, and said: "Forsooth, rank reiver, I wotted not that thou hadst King Rolf for thy guest."
From Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair by William Morris
