noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An act of pillage or plunder.

   "It was then as much the scene of continual spreaths, liftings, reavings, and herriments, as the Border country itself."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of reave form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

despoilfilchflogforayheavekipe

Example

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"It was then as much the scene of continual spreaths, liftings, reavings, and herriments, as the Border country itself."

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