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Recent Examples of rapine
If his decades-long track record is any indication, Sanders would be inclined to make excuses for our adversaries and look on the bright side of their repression and rapine.
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Rich Lowry, National Review, 25 Feb. 2020
There is no question about the general philosophy that underlay this great act of public pillage and economic rapine.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 13 Mar. 2013
Rich Lowry, National Review, 25 Feb. 2020
There is no question about the general philosophy that underlay this great act of public pillage and economic rapine.
—Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 13 Mar. 2013
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapine
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These are curated from the titles that were most frequently picked up in the Criterion Closet, that magical room full of the company’s releases that visiting filmmakers and luminaries are invited to peruse and pillage.Vulture Staff, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
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At only 6 years old, Esai Reed has endured three emergency evacuations from orphanages across Haiti as gangs pillage and plunder their way through once peaceful communities.Dánica Coto, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2024
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For that reason, the Abraham Accords lie in tatters - a despoliation very deliberately aimed at by Iran and Hamas via October 7.Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Landscape exists to register ideas, like dispossession or despoliation, but not feelings.Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
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That amounts to spoliation, the defense claims, and should result in the dismissal of the charges against Trump.Perry Stein, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
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The West should also prepare for a Russia that inflicts even greater spoliation on a global scale—but not drive it to do so.Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
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Besigye's case is part of a broader trend of transnational repression in East Africa, where opposition figures have faced abductions and deportations.John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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Later, after Muller released Huskins, police would accuse her of lying about her abduction.Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Rapine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapine. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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