Reave
Reave (rēv) , transitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon reáfian, from reáf spoil, plunder, clothing, reófan to break (compare bireófan to deprive of); akin to German rauben to rob, Icelandic raufa to rob, rjūfa to break, violate, Gothic biráubōn to despoil, Latin rumpere to break; compare Sanskrit lup to break. r114. Compare Bereave, Rob, transitive verb, Robe, Rove, v. i., Rupture.]
To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]. [obsolete]
To reave his life.
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.