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rapine

noun /ˈɹæpaɪn/

  1. The seizure of someone's property by force; pillage; plunder.

    countable, uncountable

    That liue by rapine and by lawleſſe ſpoile, Fit ſouldiers for the wicked Tamburlaine.

    This countrey ſwarmes with vile outragious men,

Where it comes from

From Middle English rapyne, from Old French rapine, from Latin rapīna, from rapiō. Doublet of ravine.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry rapine (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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