Rapine
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɹæpaɪn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Rapine is a noun meaning The seizure of someone's property by force; pillage; plunder.
Meaning
The seizure of someone's property by force; pillage; plunder.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To plunder.
Example Sentences
Good Rapine, stab him: he is a ravisher.
men who were impelled to war quite as much by the desire of rapine as by the desire of glory
This countrey ſwarmes with vile outragious men, That liue by rapine and by lawleſſe ſpoile, Fit ſouldiers for the wicked Tamburlaine.
And it was peculiar in their Temper, that they were fonder of what they could get by Rapine or Stealth at a greater diſtance, than much better Food provided for them at home.
Word Forms
- rapines
- rapining
- rapined
Synonyms for rapine
Depending on context, synonyms include rape.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rape, plunder, pillage, spoils, ravishment, raid.
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