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reif
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[], (Noun)
Definitions:
- Robbery, depredation, spoliation.
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Origin
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Old English (in an earlier sense). Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian rāf, Old Dutch rouf (Middle Dutch rōf, roof, Dutch roof), Old Saxon -rōf, Old High German roub (Middle High German roub, German Raub), Old Icelandic -rauf (in valrauf) from the Germanic base of reave. Compare (ultimately from Middle Low German rōf) Old Swedish rof (Swedish rov), Old Danish rof (Danish rov)
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