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noun
The seizure of someone's property by force; pillage; plunder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To plunder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
the act of despoiling a country in warfare
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rape
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plundering, pillage, pillaging
History
From Middle English rapyne, from Old French rapine, from Latin rapīna, from rapiō. Doublet of ravine.
Across languages
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
