Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rapine \Rap"ine\, 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.

Source : WordNet®

rapine
     n : the act of despoiling a country in warfare [syn: {rape}]