rapine

[ rap-in, -ahyn ]
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noun
  1. the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.

Origin of rapine

1
1375–1425; late Middle English <Latin rapīna robbery, pillage. See rape1, -ine2

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rapine

/ (ˈræpaɪn) /


noun
  1. the seizure of property by force; pillage

Origin of rapine

1
C15: from Latin rapīna plundering, from rapere to snatch

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