rapine

[rap-in, -ahyn] /ˈræp ɪn, -aɪn/
noun
1.
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
Origin
1375-1425; late Middle English < Latin rapīna robbery, pillage. See rape1, -ine2
Examples from the web for rapine
  • It will never answer to allow our free borders to be made the scene of bloodshed and rapine.
British Dictionary definitions for rapine

rapine

/ˈræpaɪn/
noun
1.
the seizure of property by force; pillage
Word Origin
C15: from Latin rapīna plundering, from rapere to snatch
Word Origin and History for rapine
n.

early 15c., "plunder," from Middle French rapine (12c.), from Latin rapina "act of robbery, plundering, pillage," from rapere "seize, carry off, rob" (see rapid).