01 n. The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying away of things by force; spoliation; pillage; plunder.
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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.
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Ravishment; rape.[Obs.]