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rap⋅ine

  [rap-in, -ahyn]
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–noun
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L rapīna robbery, pillage. See rape 1 , -ine 2
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rap·ine   (rāp'ĭn)   
n.  Forcible seizure of another's property; plunder.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rapīna, from rapere, to seize; see rep- in Indo-European roots.]
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rapine 
c.1412, from M.Fr. rapine (12c.), from L. rapina "robbery, plunder," from rapere "seize, carry off, rob" (see rapid).
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