rapine

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Was it in partial reparation for the rapine, the swindling, and stealing dealt out by her Pilgrim forefathers to the Indian of the East that Aunt Agnes had become the vehement champion of the Indian of the West?

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  1. noun Forcible seizure of another's property; plunder.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rapīna, from rapere, to seize; see rep- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also rapin; from Old French rapine, French rapine = Provencal rapina = Spanish rapiña = Portuguese Italian rapina, from Latin rapina, rapine, plunder, robbery, from rapere, seize: see rapid, rape. Cf. ravine, raven, from the same source.
  2. from French rapiner, rapine, plunder; from the noun. Cf. raven, v., from the same source.
 

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/ˈræpɪn/
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