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reave

(v): steal goods; take as spoils
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about 1 month ago yarb said:

One day I saw an old frayed but strong rope on this path, cast away on a tree stump, and I thought: yes, that is the awful end of such thoughts. Had I actually been tempted to kill myself? Aghast at the thought I took the rope back and reaved it up for use.

- Malcolm Lowry, The Forest Path to the Spring

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