rapine

Noun
Synonyms: rape

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. the act of despoiling a country in warfareSynonyms: rape
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

Men who were impelled to war quite as much by the desire of rapine as by the desire of glory.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]

2.Ravishment; rape. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Rapine \Rap"ine\, v. t. To plunder. --Sir G. Buck. [1913 Webster]
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