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rapine |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rapine \Rap"ine\, n. [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.] 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rapine \Rap"ine\, v. t. To plunder. --Sir G. Buck. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rapine n : the act of despoiling a country in warfare [syn: {rape}]
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