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rapine definition the seizure of somebody else's property by force
rapine synonyms plunder, pillage, spoliation

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At his command havoc and rapine were let loose once more among the temples of the worship of Brahmah.

(source: Wilkie Collins in 'The Moonstone')

Al-Hadji and his bands then repassed the Senegal, and reappeared in the Kaarta, continuing their rapine and murder.

(source: Jules Verne in 'Five Weeks in a Balloon')

Government being unable to collect the taxes, and failing to maintain its authority, the hand of violence and rapine would remain uncontrolled.

(source: Charles Darwin in 'The Voyage of the Beagle')



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