'Rapine' definitions:
Definition of 'rapine'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of despoiling a country in warfare [syn: rape, rapine]
Definition of 'Rapine'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Rapine'
From: GCIDE
- Rapine \Rap"ine\, v. t. To plunder. --Sir G. Buck. [1913 Webster]