Rāp′ine1, n.
(rāp′ĭn), n. [Fr. rapine, Pr., It., & Pg. rapina, Sp. rapina, rapīna, Lat. rapina, from rapere, to seize and carry off by force.] 1. The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying away of things by force; spoliation; pillage; plunder. “Men who were impelled to war quite as much by the desire of rapine as by the desire of glory.” Macaulay. 2. Violence; force.