Direption
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɪˈɹɛpʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Direption is a noun meaning (obsolete) The act of despoiling, plundering, looting, or taking away.
Meaning
(obsolete) The act of despoiling, plundering, looting, or taking away.
Example Sentences
committing many direptions and outrages
[T]heir hoſtile oppreſsions vvere increaſed by their domeſticke vexations, for that the vvhole Countrey by theſe continuall direptions, vvas utterly depriued of the ſtaffe of foode, hauing nothing left to prolong their life, but that only vvhat they got in hunting.
Word Forms
- direptions
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include despoilment, despoilation, despoiler, despoil, disappropriation, despoiling.
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