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Direption

Di*rep"tion\, n. [L. direptio, fr. diripere to tear asunder, plunder; di- = dis- + rapere to seize and carry off.] The act of plundering, despoiling, or snatching away. [R.] --Speed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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