rapIne, rapine

[Fr., from Lat. rapina, from rapio =to snatch, to seize; Sp., Port., & Ital. rapina.] 1. The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying away of things by force; plunder, pillage. Rapier. "For nine years against the sons of rapine I led my veterans." Mason: Caractacus , i. 1. *2. Violence, force. ( Milton .) *3. Rape, ravishment. ( Shakesp .: Titus And ron i cus , v. 2.) răp'-Ine, *răp'-ine, *rap-yn, v . t . [RAPINE, 8.] To plunder, to pillage, to rob. ( Sir G. Buck .) răp'-ing, a. [RAP (2), v.] Her.: A term applied to any ravenous animal borne devouring its prey. *răp-in-oŭs, adj . [English rap in(e); -ous.] Rapacious, plundering. "His rapinous deedes." Chapman: Homer's Hymne to Hermes.