About The Word Rapine
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Rapine
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What's The Definition Of Rapine?
[n] the act of despoiling a country in warfare
Synonyms | Synonyms for Rapine: rape Related Terms | Find terms related to Rapine: See Also | pillage | pillaging | plundering Rapine In Webster's Dictionary \Rap"ine\, n. [F. rapine; cf. Pr. & It. rapina; all fr.
L. rapina, fr. rapere to seize and carry off by force. See
{Rapid}, and cf. {Raven} rapine.]
1. The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying away of
things by force; spoliation; pillage; plunder.
Men who were impelled to war quite as much by the
desire of rapine as by the desire of glory.
--Macaulay.
2. Ravishment; rape. [Obs.] --Shak.
\Rap"ine\, v. t. To plunder. --Sir G. Buck. |
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