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Rapine

//ˈɹæpaɪn// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The seizure of someone's property by force; pillage; plunder. countable, uncountable

    "This countrey ſwarmes with vile outragious men, That liue by rapine and by lawleſſe ſpoile, Fit ſouldiers for the wicked Tamburlaine."

  2. 2
    the act of despoiling a country in warfare wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To plunder. transitive

    "A Tyrant doth not only rapine his Subjects, but spoils and robs Churches."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English rapyne, from Old French rapine, from Latin rapīna, from rapiō. Doublet of rape and ravine.

Etymology 2

From Middle English rapyne, from Old French rapine, from Latin rapīna, from rapiō. Doublet of rape and ravine.

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