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

They are among the most successful and to their prey the most formidable beasts of rapine in the world.

From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Roosevelt, Theodore

It was a mere contest of petty rapine in which strange princes parcelled out Italy; which can scarcely be said to have concerned Great Britain, and Pitt not at all.

From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose

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)