Rapine
Pronunciation : Rap"ine
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. rapine; cf. Pr. & It. rapina; all fr. L. rapina, fr. rapere to seize and carry off by force. See Rapid, and cf. Raven rapine.]
Definition : 1. The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying away of things by force; spoliation; pillage; plunder. Men who were impelled to war quite as much by the desire of rapine as by the desire of glory. Macaulay.
2. Ravishment; rape. [Obs.] Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Rap"ine
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To plunder. Sir G. Buck.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913