[ 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.