Reave

[Grogie]

To take by or as if by force. Plunder. Rob. ''The angry mob reaved the store of all its goods''.

[gailr]

This brings back fond memories of reaving and plundering weasels, back in my SCA days...

Related to bereave

TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: be·reaved or be·reft (-reft), be·reav·ing, be·reaves
1. To leave desolate or alone, especially by death: “Cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved” (Alan Paton). 2. Archaic To take (something valuable or necessary), typically by force.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English bireven, to deprive, from Old English berEafian. See reup- in Appendix I.

[skinem]

Faulkner would be proud of you, Grogie!