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R0044900 (răp′ĭn)n. Forcible seizure of another's property; plunder.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rapīna, from rapere, to seize; see rep- in Indo-European roots.]

rapine

(ˈræpaɪn) nthe seizure of property by force; pillage[C15: from Latin rapīna plundering, from rapere to snatch]

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(ˈræp ɪn, -aɪn)

n. the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder. [1375–1425; < Latin rapīna robbery, pillage]

rapine

- Means "the act or practice of seizing and taking away by force the property of others."See also related terms for seizing.

rapine

the act of pillage or plundering.See also: Theft

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Noun

rapine - the act of despoiling a country in warfarerapepillaging, plundering, pillage - the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"

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Rapine

Related to Rapine: indubitably, commemorate, abreast, behest, dubious, forthcoming, graciously, superfluous

RAPINE, crim. law. This is almost indistinguishable from robbery. (q.v.) It is the felonious taking of another man's personal property, openly and by violence, against his will. The civilians define rapine to be the taking with violence, the movable property of another, with the fraudulent intent to appropriate it to one's own USC. Lec. El. Dr. Rom. Sec. 1071.

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noun the act of despoiling a country in warfare

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