n. Quality of being rapid; rapidity. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men who were impelled to war quite as much by the desire of rapine as by the desire of glory. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Ravishment; rape. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To plunder. Sir G. Buck. [ 1913 Webster ]