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rapine

(rap′in)

noun

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

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

See rapine in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Forcible seizure of another's property; plunder.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin rapīna

Origin: , from rapere, to seize; see rep- in Indo-European roots

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