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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rapine \Rap"ine\ (r[a^]p"[i^]n), noun [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rapine \Rap"ine\, verb (used with an object) To plunder. --Sir G. Buck.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
rapine
noun: the act of despoiling a country in warfare [syn: {rape}]
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