Reave /(rēv)/

Reave

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Reaved; p. pr. & vb. n. Reaving

  1. To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]. obs.
    He golden apples raft of the dragon.
    If the wooers reave By privy stratagem my life at home.
    To reave the orphan of his patrimony.
    The heathen caught and reft him of his tongue.