abripio

abripiō ripuī, reptus, ere

ab + rapio, to take forcibly away, snatch away, tear from, force off : puella ex Atticā hinc abrepta, stolen , T.: filios e complexu parentum: alqm de convivio in vincla atque in tenebras: (milites) vi fluminis abrepti, Cs.: aliquem ad quaestionem: iam intro abripiere, shall be dragged , T.: sublatis signis se, to run away , L.—Of property, to dissipate, squander : quod ille compersit miser, id illa univorsum abripiet, will snatch away in a lump , T.—Fig., to carry off, remove, detach : tempestate abreptus: (filium) si natura a parentis similitudine abriperet, i. e. made unlike him .