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 rapine ['ræpain]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 抢夺, 掠夺

[法] 抢劫, 掠夺, 强夺




    rapine
    [ noun ]
    the act of despoiling a country in warfare
    <noun.act>


    Rapine \Rap"ine\ (r[a^]p"[i^]n), n. [F. rapine; cf. Pr. & It.
    rapina; all fr. L. rapina, fr. rapere to seize and carry off
    by force. See {Rapid}, and cf. {Raven} rapine.]
    1. The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying away of
    things by force; spoliation; pillage; plunder.

    Men who were impelled to war quite as much by the
    desire of rapine as by the desire of glory.
    --Macaulay.

    2. Ravishment; rape. [Obs.] --Shak.


    Rapine \Rap"ine\, v. t.
    To plunder. --Sir G. Buck.

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