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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Rapine | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for Rapine | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Rapine \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. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Rapine \Rap"ine\, v. t. To plunder. --Sir G. Buck. | |
