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direption

/dɪˈɹɛpʃən/

direption noun: the act of despoiling, plundering, looting, or taking away.

Noun

direption (countable and uncountable, plural direptions)

  1. (obsolete) The act of despoiling, plundering, looting, or taking away.
    • [T]heir hoſtile oppreſsions vvere increaſed by their domeſticke vexations, for that the vvhole Countrey by theſe continuall direptions, vvas utterly depriued of the ſtaffe of foode, hauing nothing left to prolong their life, but that only vvhat they got in hunting.1611, Iohn Speed [i.e., John Speed], “But First of the Downe-fall of Britaine”, in The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of yͤ Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. […], London: […] William...
    • committing many direptions and outrages1641, Thomas Heywood, The Life of Merlin: Surnamed Ambrosius

Forms of direption

pluraldireptions

Origin of direption

From Latin dīreptio, from dīripiō (“tear asunder, plunder”), from dis- + rapiō (“seize, carry off”).

Questions about direption

What does direption mean?
Direption means the act of despoiling, plundering, looting, or taking away.
What part of speech is direption?
Direption is a noun.
How do you pronounce direption?
Direption is pronounced /dɪˈɹɛpʃən/.
What is the plural of direption?
The plural of direption is direptions.

Words near direption in the dictionary

  1. diremption
  2. diremptions
  3. dirempts
  4. direness
  5. direnesses
  6. direption
  7. direptions
  8. direr
  9. Dires
  10. diresidue
  11. diresidues

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