reif

reif

[reef]
noun Scot. Obsolete.
1.
plunder; booty; loot.
2.
robbery; piracy.
3.
the act of seizing booty.

Origin:
before 950; Middle English (north) ref, Old English rēaf; akin to reave1, bereave

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