rapine
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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
No disorder, rapine, or outrage upon women is laid to the charge of the Puritan army in Ireland.
From Irish History and the Irish Question by Goldwin Smith
He who by rapine desires the things that he beholds with his eyes without, is a kite, not a dove at his windows.
From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Abbot of Eynsham Aelfric
The massive towers are now defending a barren rock; the enclosure which had seen so many days of war and rapine was lying open and deserted; the whole population was gone long centuries ago.
From Rambles and Studies in Greece by J. P. Mahaffy
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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