direption noun.
L15.[Latin direptio(n-), from dirept- pa. ppl stem of diripere tear asunder, lay waste, from di- DI-1 + rapere tear away: see -ION.]1. The action or an act of snatching away or dragging apart violently.
L15-L17.2. The sacking or pillaging of a town etc.
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