Rapine
['ræpaɪn;-pɪn] or ['ræpɪn]
Definition
(n.) The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying away of things by force; spoliation; pillage; plunder.
(n.) Ravishment; rape.
(v. t.) To plunder.
Typed by Justine
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Plunder, pillage, spoliation, robbery, depredation.
Checker: Nellie
Definition
n. act of seizing and carrying away forcibly: plunder: violence.
Edited by Candice
Examples
- At his command havoc and rapine were let loose once more among the temples of the worship of Brahmah. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Think on thy sins, Reginald Front-de-Boeuf, said the almost unearthly voice, on rebellion, on rapine, on murder! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The rapine and violence which the barbarians exercised against the ancient inhabitants, interrupted the commerce between the towns and the country. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Editor: Stu