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Definitions for: Rapine [n] the act of despoiling a country in warfare
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: rape
See Also: pillage, pillaging, plundering
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