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Synonyms for rapine


Grammar : Verb
Spell : rap-in, -ahyn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræp ɪn, -aɪn



Définition of rapine

Origin :
  • early 15c., "plunder," from Middle French rapine (12c.), from Latin rapina "act of robbery, plundering, pillage," from rapere "seize, carry off, rob" (see rapid).
  • verb despoil
Example sentences :
  • What a setting of blood and lust and flame and rapine for such a hero!
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • He was the worthy son of a family of scoundrels, and lived by theft and rapine.
  • Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson
  • The city is now a very hell of drunkenness, rapine, fire, and smoke.
  • Extract from : « Nicanor - Teller of Tales » by C. Bryson Taylor
  • You've a thousand years of quarrels, of fighting and rapine behind you.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Little did she suspect that they were beacon-fires calling to deeds of blood and rapine.
  • Extract from : « Manasseh » by Maurus Jokai
  • Night is, in fact, their true time for rapine and desperate deeds.
  • Extract from : « The Plant Hunters » by Mayne Reid
  • The benignant laws of the Incas were replaced by the rapine of the conquerors.
  • Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 of 8 » by Various
  • The Pirate-Colonel replied, in a courageous voice, "By rapine!"
  • Extract from : « The Trial of William Tinkling » by Charles Dickens
  • Let them not fail to find for it task after task of blood and rapine.
  • Extract from : « The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 1 (of 4) » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
  • Plunder, rapine, and luxury took the place of duty performed.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Cicero » by Anthony Trollope

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