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

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

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 Smith, Goldwin

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