rapine
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
Origin of rapine
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How to use rapine in a sentence
The lion caught enough for his whelps, and killed for his lionesses: and he filled his holes with prey, and his den with rapine.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousWhy hast thou shewn me iniquity and grievance, to see rapine and injustice before me?
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousNothing is more terrible than a people who, having nothing to lose, fight in the united spirit of rapine and of religion.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)He gave up the town to pillage and rapine, allowing the doing of such deeds as have consigned his name to well-merited infamy.
Elsie's Vacation and After Events | Martha FinleyAccordingly, the bishop and the nobles had been forced to renounce their habits of violence and rapine.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne Sue
British Dictionary definitions for rapine
/ (ˈræpaɪn) /
the seizure of property by force; pillage
Origin of rapine
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