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Webster 1913 Edition
Rapine
Rap′ine
(răp′ĭn)
, Noun.
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
,Verb.
T.
To plunder.
Sir G. Buck.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rapine
RAP'INE
,Noun.
1.
The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying away of things by force.2.
Violence; force.RAP'INE
,Verb.
T.