direption

English

Etymology

From Latin dīreptio, from dīripiō (“tear asunder, plunder”), from dis- + rapiō (“seize, carry off”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɪˈɹɛpʃən/, /daɪˈɹɛpʃən/

Noun

direption (countable and uncountable, plural direptions)

The act of despoiling, plundering, or snatching away.
- 1623, Iohn Speed [i.e., John Speed], The Historie of Great Britaine vnder the Conqvests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Iohn Beale, for George Hvmble, […], OCLC 150671135:
  their hostile oppressions were increased by their domesticke vexations, for that the whole Countrey by these continuall direptions, was utterly depriued of the staffe of foode
- 1641, Thomas Heywood, The Life of Merlin: Surnamed Ambrosius:
  committing many direptions and outrages

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for direption in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

perdition, tropidine

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