Did you mean raven?
raven
noun
°A common name for several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax.
°Rapine; rapacity.
adjective
°Of the color of the raven; jet-black.
verb
°(archaic) To obtain or seize by violence.
°To devour with great eagerness.