Meaning of "rapine" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RAPINE

From Latin rapīna plundering, from rapere to snatch.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF RAPINE

rapine  [ˈræpaɪn]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RAPINE

Rapine is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RAPINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Looting

Looting, also referred to as sacking, plundering, despoiling, despoliation, and pillaging, is the indiscriminate taking of goods by force as part of a military or political victory, or during a catastrophe, such as war, natural disaster, or rioting. The term is also used in a broader sense to describe egregious instances of theft and embezzlement, such as the "plundering" of private or public assets by corrupt or greedy authorities. Looting is loosely distinguished from scavenging in terms of objects taken: scavenging implies taking of essential items such as food, water, shelter, or other material needed for survival while looting implies items of luxury or not necessary for survival such as art work, precious metals or other valuables. The proceeds of all these activities can be described as loot, plunder, spoils, or pillage.

Definition of rapine in the English dictionary

The definition of rapine in the dictionary is the seizure of property by force; pillage.

SYNONYMS OF «RAPINE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «rapine» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of rapine

depredation · despoilment · despoliation · looting · marauding · pillage · ransacking · rape · robbery · sack · seizure · spoliation · theft

TRANSLATION OF RAPINE

Find out the translation of rapine to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of rapine from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rapine» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 劫掠
• Translator English - Spanish: la rapiña
• English: rapine
• Translator English - Hindi: डकैती
• Translator English - Arabic: rapine
• Translator English - Russian: грабеж
• Translator English - Portuguese: rapinagem
• Translator English - Bengali: বিধ্বস্ত করা
• Translator English - French: rapine
• Translator English - Malay: Rapine
• Translator English - German: Plünderung
• Translator English - Japanese: 強奪
• Translator English - Korean: 라피네
• Translator English - Javanese: Rapine
• Translator English - Vietnamese: sự ăn cướp
• Translator English - Tamil: கொள்ளை
• Translator English - Marathi: लहरी
• Translator English - Turkish: yağmacılık
• Translator English - Italian: rapina
• Translator English - Polish: grabieżą
• Translator English - Ukrainian: грабіж
• Translator English - Romanian: jaf
• Translator English - Greek: λεηλασίες
• Translator English - Afrikaans: roof
• Translator English - Swedish: rapine
• Translator English - Norwegian: rapine

QUOTES WITH «RAPINE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rapine.

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Daniel Boone

May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster, war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable ambition!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAPINE»

Discover the use of rapine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rapine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order

RAPINE. and the object: rapacious is the quality peculiar to beasts of prey ; ravenous and voracious are common to ail animals, when impelled by hunger. The beasts of the forest are rapacious at all times ; all animals are more or less ...

George Crabb, 1824

Rapine: Abducted by the Billionaire

This book is intended for mature audiences - contains adult situations, high sexuality, and violence.Reader Advisory: Contains chauvinistic views.Upcoming books from this series:Ravish: Ravished by the Billionaire (The Trophy Wife, Book ...

Charlotte Rose, 2013

The Digest of Roman Law: Theft, Rapine, Damage and Insult

Codified by Justinian I and published under his aegis in A.D. 533, this celebrated work of legal history forms a fascinating picture of ordinary life in Rome.

Justinian,, 2007

Civil War Firearms: Their Historical Background and Tactical Use

Rapine, Inc. makes Spencer molds in three different bullet diameters: .520, .535 and .546, and six different bullet weights. Two of the Rapine designs are "heeled" like the original .56-56 slug and, when loaded, expose most of their bearing ...

Joseph G. Bilby

The Theology of Sir Isaac Newton

4 Rapina must here bee applied to somthing that which is capable of rapine, that is not to the substance or essence of a raptor, or non raptor but to somthing that is acquirable by him.. For The substance essence or internall nature of a man is ...

Van Alan Herd, 2008

Plays by Samuel Foote and Arthur Murphy: The Minor, The ...

Mr Rapine! (Enter RAPINE.) You will explain this affair to Sir John. I am a military man, and quite a stranger to your legal manoeuvres. RAPINE: By command of my client. Sir Matthew, I have issued here a couple of writs. LADY OLDHAM: Sir ...

Samuel Foote, Arthur Murphy, George Taylor, 1984

The Debate between the church and science, or, The ancient ...

Tell not this in Texas ! — in that nomadic land nature knowledge is sufficiently meagre, and auriferous defenceless realms invite to rapine. They may think their scientific nature knowledge so meagre, that rapine is essential to their greatness.

Francis William Upham, 1860

"Competition for the Virgin Soil of Kansas": Gendered and ...

Using a term from Kansas sources, these accounts can be classified as those of " rapine"; that is, acts of "seizing and taking away by force the property of others." 43 Such stories may initially appear unrelated to stories of actual sexual assaults,  ...

Brie Anna Swenson Arnold, 2008

An analytical dictionary of the English language

Those are termed Banditti, or Bandits, (from the Italian bandito, an outlaw) and are characterised as living upon Rapine. Rapine was formerly written Ravin, or Raven; and To Rapine (as well as To Ravin) was employed as a verb, meaning to ...

David Booth, 1835

A Thesaurus of Old English: Index

stumbel strlchraegl 04.06.0 1.05 ?A cloth for wiping gestrician 17.04.04 Fibrous materials stridan 05. 12.0 1.04.0 1.01 To stride; 14.02.01.02.01 Open robbery, rapine, pillage stridan (up on) 05. 12.01 .05 To ride (on horse, etc.) stride 05. 10.05.

Jane Roberts, Christian Kay, Lynne Grundy, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAPINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rapine is used in the context of the following news items.

Rapine a Roma, sgominata una baby gang La banda del “1998 …

Tra le caratteristiche della banda, accusata di compiere rapine ai danni di ragazzi anche maggiorenni, il tatuaggio che ognuno dei componenti aveva con l'anno ... «Si24 - Il vostro sito quotidiano, Jul 15»

Bari, cercava complici per le rapine su Facebook Arrestato un …

I fatti riguardano due rapine di due supermercati del quartiere San Paolo: una commessa con un complice il 19 gennaio scorso all'Eurospin di via Accolti Gil e ... «Si24 - Il vostro sito quotidiano, Jul 15»

Rapine a raffica nei distributori di benzina. Una sola banda

Una sequenza di rapine che sa dell'incredibile. Gli inquirenti hanno raccolto le testimonianze degli avventori dei distributori e dei derubati oltre a visionare i ... «Ottopagine, Jul 15»

Rapine violente in villa, due arresti a Comiso

Rapine violente in villa, due arresti a Comiso Sarebbero gli autori di una serie di rapine in case isolate compiute in una vasta area della provincia di Ragusa, ... «La Repubblica, Jul 15»

Criminalità: specialista in rapine a anziani arrestato a Palermo

Il pregiudicato palermitano Carlo Ventimiglia, 52 anni, è stato arrestato dalla polizia di Stato con l'accusa di essere uno specialista in rapine ad anziani. «La Repubblica, Jun 15»

Rapine a Palermo, arrestato un napoletano VD I colpi a segno nella …

Arrestato a Palermo dalla polizia il napoletano Carmine Zambon, 31enne, pregiudicato, per aver preso parte a due rapine messe a segno in due esercizi ... «Si24 - Il vostro sito quotidiano, Jun 15»

Banche, calano le rapine allo sportello. Nessun colpo in Valle d'Aosta

La regione più virtuosa è stata la Basilicata, con un calo del 72,7% delle rapine (da 11 a 3), mentre i colpi sono aumentati Calabria (da 2 a 5), Liguria (da 13 a ... «La Repubblica, Jun 15»

Armi, droga e rapine, otto arresti tra la Sardegna e l'Umbria

Preparavano rapine a uffici postali e banche: fermati giovani di Silanus, Dualchi, Sarule, Gavoi e Ottana. In cella anche un minorenne di Dualchi ... «La Nuova Sardegna, May 15»

Francesco Massaro: "Rapine a raffica perché non pago il racket e …

Dopo cinque anni e diciotto rapine fra tentate e riuscite (tutte denunciate) il titolare della pasticceria di via Basile ha deciso di puntare il dito contro la mafia. «La Repubblica, May 15»

Rapine e violenze: arrestata la baby gang

Rapine e violenze: arrestata la baby gang ... tra i 14 e i 17 anni, tutti italiani, che si sono resi responsabili negli ultimi mesi di rapine, danneggiamenti e violenze. «Corriere della Sera, May 15»