rapine

[ rap-in, -ahyn ]

noun

1. the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.

rapine

/ ˈræpaɪn /

noun

1. the seizure of property by force; pillage

Word History and Origins

Origin of rapine¹

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin rapīna robbery, pillage. See rape ¹, -ine ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of rapine¹

C15: from Latin rapīna plundering, from rapere to snatch

Example Sentences

The lion caught enough for his whelps, and killed for his lionesses: and he filled his holes with prey, and his den with rapine.

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Why hast thou shewn me iniquity and grievance, to see rapine and injustice before me?

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Nothing is more terrible than a people who, having nothing to lose, fight in the united spirit of rapine and of religion.

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He gave up the town to pillage and rapine, allowing the doing of such deeds as have consigned his name to well-merited infamy.

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Accordingly, the bishop and the nobles had been forced to renounce their habits of violence and rapine.

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