Meaning rapine
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rapineearly 15c., "plunder," from Middle French rapine (12c.), from Latin rapina "act of robbery, plundering, pillage," from rapere "seize, carry off, rob" (see rapid).
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rapinen. The act of seizing and carrying off property by superior force, as in war.
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rapineViolent theft.
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rapine(n) the act of despoiling a country in warfare
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rapine
The seizure of someone's property by force; pillage, plunder.
*(1800-1859)
*: men who were impelled to war quite as much by the desire of rapine as by the desire of glory
*Ltd publication), Part [..]
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