Rapine
Rapine [ RAP-in, -ahyn ] | |
[ noun ] | |
MEANING : | |
the act of forcefully taking away someone else's property; pillage | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | |
The rapine of Hindustan by Nadir Shah has been well documented. | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | |
But Japan’s relations with its nearest neighbours are still bedevilled by problems of acknowledging its rapine wartime past. |
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