rapina

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

rapīna ae, f

RAP-, an act of robbery, robbery, plunder : per latrocinia ac rapinam tolerantes vitam, L.: terra patuit invita rapinae, O.: promissae signa rapinae, of carrying off , O.— Esp., plur, robbery, plundering, pillage, rapine : caedes, rapinae, discordia civilis, S.: avaritia in rapinis: hostem rapinis prohibere, Cs.: an furtis pereamve rapinis, H.— Prey, plunder, booty : abiuratae rapinae, V.