rapine /ˈɹæpaɪn/noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •The seizure of someone's property by force; pillage; plunder.This countrey swarmes with vile outragious men, That liue by rapine and by lawlesse spoile, Fit souldiers for the wicked Tamburlaine. — 1587 verb1 •To plunder.A Tyrant doth not only rapine his Subjects, but spoils and robs Churches. — 1619 formsrapined · rapining · rapines
