Associations to the word «Rapine»

Wiktionary

RAPINE, noun. The seizure of someone's property by force; pillage, plunder.
RAPINE, verb. To plunder.

Dictionary definition

RAPINE, noun. The act of despoiling a country in warfare.

Wise words

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