creach — meaning in English
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English meaning
- despoil verb To plunder; to pillage; take spoil from.
- harry verb To repeatedly bother, pressure, or harass someone.
- loot noun Goods stolen or taken by force, especially during war, a riot, or (in video games) after defeating an enemy.
- pillage verb To loot or plunder a place by force, typically during war.
- plunder verb To steal goods from a place by force, typically during war or unrest.
- prey noun An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal.
- raid noun A sudden attack or surprise incursion, often by armed forces or police.
- reave verb To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.
- rifle noun A long-barrelled firearm fired from the shoulder, with spiral grooves inside the barrel for accuracy.
- rob verb To take property from a person or place unlawfully, often through force or threat.
- ruin verb To destroy, spoil, or severely damage something so it no longer works or pleases.
- sack noun A large bag, typically of coarse material, used for carrying or storing bulk goods.
Senses
creach is used for these senses in English:
- despoil (transitive) To plunder; to pillage; take spoil from.
- harry To strip, lay waste, ravage.
- loot (transitive) Synonym of plunder, to seize by violence particularly during the capture of a city during war or (video games) after successful combat.
- pillage (ambitransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.
- plunder (transitive) To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
- prey That which is or may be seized by animals to be devoured.
- reave (archaic) To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.
- rifle (transitive) To strip of goods; to rob; to pillage.
despoil — full definition
- verb To plunder; to pillage; take spoil from.
- verb To violently strip (someone), with indirect object of their possessions etc.; to rob.
- verb To strip (someone) of their clothes; to undress.
harry — full definition
- verb To repeatedly bother, pressure, or harass someone.
- verb To make repeated raids or attacks on an enemy.