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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Rapine \Rap"ine\ (r[a^]p"[i^]n), 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.
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Men who were impelled to war quite as much by the
desire of rapine as by the desire of glory.
--Macaulay.
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2. Ravishment; rape. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Rapine \Rap"ine\, v. t.
To plunder. --Sir G. Buck.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rapine
n 1: the act of despoiling a country in warfare [syn: {rape},
{rapine}]
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