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rapine definition

rap·ine (rap′in)

noun

the act of seizing and carrying off by force others' property; plunder; pillage

Etymology: OFr < L rapina < rapere, to snatch, seize: see rape

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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