Found 2 items, similar to Rapine.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: rapine rapine n : the act of despoiling a country in warfare [syn: rape]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Rapine Rapine \Rap"ine\ (r[a^]p"[i^]n), n. [F. rapine; cf. Pr. & It. rapina; all fr. L. rapina, fr. rapere to seize and carry off by force. See Rapid, and cf. Raven rapine.] 1. The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying away of things by force; spoliation; pillage; plunder. [1913 Webster] Men who were impelled to war quite as much by the desire of rapine as by the desire of glory. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Ravishment; rape. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] Rapine \Rap"ine\, v. t. To plunder. --Sir G. Buck. [1913 Webster]