rapine
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He was far removed from the established neoclassical Parisian academicians, whose plump-fleshed vignettes of rapine, bustle, moments of battle and historical panoramas were the fine art of the day.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Rickett's motive is interpreted by the less credulous as a desire to save Ethiopia, and incidentally his concession, from Italian rapine by putting new hope into the elements opposed to invasion.
From Time Magazine Archive
You say I have described a conspiracy now existing in Ireland as marching through rapine to the break-up of the United Kingdom.
From The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
Wren, along with Rennie and Renno, is from a stem referred to ran, rapine; though it may also be the same name as Rain, from ragin, counsel.
From Surnames as a Science by Ferguson, Robert
Wherefore," continued the Zegri, speaking rapidly, but with broken accents,—"when I had resolved to fly to the pagans, as being men whom, I thought, God had commissioned me to defend from rapine and slavery.
From Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico by Bird, Robert Montgomery
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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