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Definition of rapine in English: rapinenoun ˈrapɪnˈrapʌɪn mass nounliterary The violent seizure of someone's property. the fruits of violence and rapine Example sentencesExamples - Plunder and rapine made her rich, and her oppression of millions made her great.
- The harbour had to be cleared in advance of the resumption of sea-freight, and the Republique desperately needed the recycled steel after five years of Nazi rapine.
- Plunder and rapine were a way of life and no man trusted his brother.
- Three weeks of rapine, slaughter and plunder were sufficient to anger the king and the emperor, who entered into negotiations with each other.
- Jocko told of the buccaneer's career from his first act of rapine and plunder to that island that saw his chests of stuffs and treasures ripped open and scattered on the sands.
Synonyms plundering, plunder, looting, pillaging, robbing, robbery, raiding, ravaging, sacking, sack, ransacking, devastation, laying waste, wreckage, destruction, damage
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin rapina, from rapere 'seize'. Definition of rapine in US English: rapinenoun literary The violent seizure of someone's property. the fruits of violence and rapine Example sentencesExamples - Plunder and rapine made her rich, and her oppression of millions made her great.
- Three weeks of rapine, slaughter and plunder were sufficient to anger the king and the emperor, who entered into negotiations with each other.
- The harbour had to be cleared in advance of the resumption of sea-freight, and the Republique desperately needed the recycled steel after five years of Nazi rapine.
- Plunder and rapine were a way of life and no man trusted his brother.
- Jocko told of the buccaneer's career from his first act of rapine and plunder to that island that saw his chests of stuffs and treasures ripped open and scattered on the sands.
Synonyms plundering, plunder, looting, pillaging, robbing, robbery, raiding, ravaging, sacking, sack, ransacking, devastation, laying waste, wreckage, destruction, damage
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin rapina, from rapere ‘seize’. |