Reif
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Reif is a noun meaning (Scotland, obsolete) Robbery.
Meaning
(Scotland, obsolete) Robbery.
Example Sentences
[…] meaning to live by reif of other mennes goodes, wherein they have no manner of propertie.
[…] the lawless thieves, limmers, and broken men of the Highlands, had been in fellowship together by reason of their surnames for the committing of divers thefts, reifs, and herships.
The opposition, which, as we shall see, was headed by Archbishop Beaton, protested against the "daily slaughters, murders, reifs, thefts, depredations, and heavy attemptates, that are daily and hourly committed within this realm in fault of justice."
Word Forms
- reifs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rief, rade, rafie, rapparee, roberd, reve.
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