rapine

• In 1999, South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki stated, "We cannot accept that war, violent conflict and rapine are a permanent condition of existence for us as Africans … We will make our due contribution to the construction of a new world order that will be responsive to the needs of especially the poor of the world." —  The Real Truth
• 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? —  Lanier of the Cavalry or, A Week's Arrest
• And now followed the usual sequence of events--rapine, cruelty, and extortion; only this time there was no town to ransom, for Morgan had given orders that it should be destroyed. —  Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates
• Murder, rapine, and other crimes are committed with impunity. —  A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 5, part 4: James Buchanan
• The victor's road to rapine, and with voice —  Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars

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