The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rapine \Rap"ine\ (r[a^]p"[i^]n), 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.
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            Men who were impelled to war quite as much by the
            desire of rapine as by the desire of glory.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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   2. Ravishment; rape. [Obs.] --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rapine \Rap"ine\, v. t.
   To plunder. --Sir G. Buck.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rapine
    n 1: the act of despoiling a country in warfare [syn: rape,
         rapine]