to rape and ren

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Rape \Rape\, v. t.

1.To commit rape upon; to ravish. [1913 Webster]

2.(Fig., Colloq.) To perform an action causing results harmful or very unpleasant to a person or thing; as, women raped first by their assailants, and then by the Justice system. Corresponds to 2nd rape, n. 5. [PJC]

To rape and ren. See under Rap, v. t., to snatch. [1913 Webster]

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