Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
Rapid City
rapid eye movement
rapid eye movement sleep
rapid-fire
rapid intercept vehicle
rapid prototyping
rapid transit
rapier
rapine
rapini
rapist
rappa
Rappahannock
rappel
rappel bolting
rappen
rapper
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

rapine
rap·ine [ ráppən, rá pīn, ráy pīn ]


noun 
Definition:
 
plunder: the use of force to seize somebody else's property ( literary )

[14th century. Directly or via French< Latin rapina< rapere "seize"]
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft