rief

plural riefs

1. alternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative form of reif (“robbery”).

   Murders, riefs, and spoliations became more common on the Borders after this raid than they had ever been before.

   1884, James Taylor, The Pictorial History of Scotland, volume 2, page 133

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   [The earl] commands all within his charge to abstain from reiving or stealing from the subjects of Scotland. For such riefs as have been made upon them, the Queen minds to have the same mended by justice.

   1567 July 19, Proclamation by the Earl of Bedford, quoted in Calendar of State Papers, foreign series, of the Reign of Elizabeth, 1566-8 (1871), volume 10

   here the record is quite defaced and worn out, insomuch that only the words of the charge, viz. extortions, insolvencies, riefs, and oppressions, can be discovered

   1822, Alexander Peterkin, Notes on Orkney and Zetland, page 61