reliving

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Border reiving did not altogether cease for nearly a hundred years after the union of the Crowns; but the beginning of the seventeenth century inaugurated the period of its decline.

From Border Raids and Reivers by Borland, Robert

And my father had pleased old Crabbe, some other day I will tell you how, and also how long these bottles were concealed under ground, to save them from the reiving Southron.

From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Scott, Walter, Sir

But, notwithstanding the removal of these lawless men from the Borders, it was found that those who had been left at home were either unwilling or unable to abandon their reiving habits.

From Border Raids and Reivers by Borland, Robert

They seem to have possessed a rare genius for reiving.

From Border Raids and Reivers by Borland, Robert

Ye needna ask whae Rob Roy is, the reiving lifter that he is—God forgie me!

From Rob Roy — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir