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rapine

[rap-in, -ahyn] / ˈræp ɪn, -aɪn /
VERB
despoil
Synonyms
STRONG
WEAK


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Mr. Rickett's motive is interpreted by the less credulous as a desire to save Ethiopia, and incidentally his concession, from Italian rapine by putting new hope into the elements opposed to invasion.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was far removed from the established neoclassical Parisian academicians, whose plump-fleshed vignettes of rapine, bustle, moments of battle and historical panoramas were the fine art of the day.

From Time Magazine Archive

If rapine be abolished, one of the encouragements to war is taken away; and peace, therefore, more likely to continue and be lasting.

From The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes by Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)

Bagenal Harvey, who commanded in conjunction with Father Roche, despatched a flag of truce, imploring the garrison not to provoke rapine by useless resistance.

From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis

Every article of human wealth has certain conditions attached to its merited possession, which, when they are unobserved, possession becomes rapine.

From Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy by Ruskin, John




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