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View usage for: rapine in British English (ˈræpaɪn) nounthe seizure of property by force; pillage Word origin C15: from Latin rapīna plundering, from rapere to snatch rapine in American English (ˈræpɪn) noun the act of seizing and carrying off by force others' property; plunder; pillage Word origin OFr < L rapina < rapere, to snatch, seize: see UNRESOLVED CROSS REFExamples of 'rapine' in a sentencerapine Synonyms of 'rapine'pillage, rape, sack, theft More Synonyms of rapine Definition pillage or plundering Synonyms theft looting seizure plundering ransacking marauding spoliation despoilment Additional synonymsDefinition plundering Crops can be decimated by the unchecked depredations of deer. Synonyms destruction, ravaging, devastation, ransacking, pillage, plunder, marauding, laying waste, despoiling, rapine, spoliation the despoliation of the countryside by roads Synonyms plunder, ruin, destruction, looting, havoc, wreckage, devastation, vandalism, pillage, depredation, despoilment Definition any violation or abuse the rape of the environment Synonyms plundering, pillage, depredation, despoliation (formal), rapine, spoliation, despoilment, sack- rapid
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Additional synonymsDefinition the act or an instance of robbing The twins were convicted of robbery. Synonyms theft, stealing, fraud, steaming (informal), mugging (informal), plunder, swindle, pillage, embezzlement, larceny, depredation, filching, thievery, rapine, spoliation Definition the plundering of a captured town or city by an army or mob the sack of Troy Synonyms plundering, looting, pillage, waste, rape, ruin, destruction, ravage, plunder, devastation, depredation, despoliation (formal), rapine |