rapine

/ˈɹæpaɪn/

rapine noun: the seizure of someone's property by force; pillage; plunder.

Noun

rapine (countable and uncountable, plural rapines)

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.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
- Good Rapine, stab him: he is a ravisher.c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

rapine (third-person singular simple present rapines, present participle rapining, simple past and past participle rapined)

(transitive) To plunder.
- A Tyrant doth not only rapine his Subjects, but spoils and robs Churches.1619, George Buck, History of Richard III

غارتگری, لوٹ, لوٹ مار, تاراجی

লুটতরাজ, ডাকাতি

But will any one say, that those that live by fraud or rapine, have innate principles of truth and justice which they allow and assent to?1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter III, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for...
And it was peculiar in their Temper, that they were fonder of what they could get by Rapine or Stealth at a greater diſtance, than much better Food provided for them at home.1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author’s Great Love of His Native Country. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the...
men who were impelled to war quite as much by the desire of rapine as by the desire of glory1848, Thomas Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession Of James II:
Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood, chapter I, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing...

Noun
plural	rapines
Verb
third-person singular present	rapines
present participle	rapining
past participle	rapined
past	rapined

From Middle English rapyne, from Old French rapine, from Latin rapīna, from rapiō. Doublet of ravine.

What does rapine mean?: Rapine means the seizure of someone's property by force; pillage; plunder.
What is rapine in Urdu?: Rapine in Urdu is غارتگری, لوٹ, لوٹ مار. See Rapine meaning in Urdu.
How do you use rapine in a sentence?: But will any one say, that those that live by fraud or rapine, have innate principles of truth and justice which they allow and assent to?
What part of speech is rapine?: Rapine can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce rapine?: Rapine is pronounced /ˈɹæpaɪn/.
What is the plural of rapine?: The plural of rapine is rapines.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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