rapine
/ˈrapʌɪn
/ /ˈrapɪn/noun [mass noun] literary
The violent seizure of someone’s property: the fruits of violence and rapine industrial rapine...
- Plunder and rapine made her rich, and her oppression of millions made her great.
- 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.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin rapina, from rapere 'seize'.