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71rapine — n 1. plunder, plundering, plunderage, pillage, depredation, spoliation, despoilment, raven, Obs. direption; ravaging, harrying, marauding, sacking. Rare. sackage, laying waste, devastation, desolation; raid, razzia, foray, foraging, looting;… …
72ravage — n 1. devastation, waste, desolation, destruction, ruin, havoc, damage, wreckage; burning, razing, leveling, demolishing; desecration, defilement, outrage, violation, vandalism; injury, harm, hurt, impairment, loss, scathe; collapse, breakdown. 2 …
73robbery — n 1. burglary, theft, Sl. heist, break in; Inf. holdup, Sl. stickup, Sl. hustle, Inf. mugging, Sl. jumping, Sl. rolling. 2. thievery, pilferage, pilfering, Sl. swiping, Sl. hustling, Sl. copping; peculation, embezzlement, misappropriation; purse… …
74terrorism — n 1. piracy, brigandage, banditry; buccaneering, freebooting, privateerng, filibustering. 2. commandeering, hijacking, skyjacking, air or sky piracy; abduction, kidnapping, Sl. snatch, capturing, holding hostage; impressment, conscription, man… …
75theft — n 1. stealing, thievery, pilferage, pilfering, Sl. swiping, Sl. hustling, Sl. copping; peculation, embezzlement, misappropriation; shoflifting, palming, Sl. boosting; purse snatching; smuggling, bootlegging. 2. burglary, robbery, Law. larceny, Sl …
76thievery — n 1. stealing, pilferage, pilfering, filching, purloinging, theft, thieving, Inf. snitching, Law. larceny, Sl. swiping, Sl. copping; shoplifting, palming, Sl. boosting; purse snatching. 2. peculation, embezzlement, misappropriation; swindling,… …
77blackmail — black•mail [[t]ˈblækˌmeɪl[/t]] n. 1) a payment extorted by intimidation, as by threats of prosecution or injurious revelations 2) the extortion of such payment 3) a tribute formerly exacted in the north of England and in Scotland by freebooting… …
78blackmail — /ˈblækmeɪl / (say blakmayl) noun 1. Law a. any payment extorted by intimidation, as by threats of injurious revelations or accusations. b. the extortion of such payment. 2. (formerly) a tribute exacted in the north of England and in Scotland by… …
79piracy — [n] robbery bootlegging, buccaneering, commandeering, copying, freebooting, hijacking, infringement, marauding, pirating, plagiarism, rapine, stealing, swashbuckling, theft; concepts 139,192 …
80rapparee — [rap΄ə rē′] n. [Ir rapaire, orig., pikeman < rapaire, short pike] 1. Historical an Irish freebooting soldier 2. a plunderer or robber …
