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reifs

reifs is the plural of reif.

Meaning of reif

Noun

reif (usually uncountable, plural reifs)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete, usually) Robbery.
    • 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."c. 1524, a letter, recorded in The History of Scotland (John Hill Burton, 1873), volume 3, page 109

Questions about reifs

What is reifs the plural of?
Reifs is the plural of reif.

Words near reifs in the dictionary

  1. reificatory
  2. reified
  3. reifier
  4. reifiers
  5. reifies
  6. reifs
  7. Reifsnider
  8. Reifsnyder
  9. Reifsnyders
  10. Reifsteck
  11. Reifstecks

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