rapine
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈɹæpaɪn/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English rapyne, from Old French rapine, from Latin rapīna, from rapiō. Doublet of ravine.
- The seizure of someone's property by force; pillage; plunder.
“This countrey ſwarmes with vile outragious men, That liue by rapine and by lawleſſe ſpoile, Fit ſouldiers for the wicked Tamburlaine.”
“Good Rapine, stab him: he is a ravisher.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English rapyne, from Old French rapine, from Latin rapīna, from rapiō. Doublet of ravine.
- To plunder.
“A Tyrant doth not only rapine his Subjects, but spoils and robs Churches.”