rapine

Etymology

From Middle English rapyne, from Old French rapine, from Latin rapīna, from rapiō. Doublet of rape and ravine.

noun

1. The seizure of someone's property by force; pillage, plunder.
   men who were impelled to war quite as much by the desire of rapine as by the desire of glory 1848, Thomas Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession Of James II
   You could join Wiscard’s remnants in the Red Stars. I don’t know, though, if you’d call that fighting or piracy. Or you could join our present gracious viceroy — gracious by right of murder, pillage, rapine, and the word of a boy Emperor, since rightfully assassinated. 1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation (1974 Panther Books Ltd publication), Part V: “The Merchant Princes”, Ch.10, pp.157–158

verb

1. (transitive) To plunder.
   A Tyrant doth not only rapine his Subjects, but spoils and robs Churches. 1619, George Buck, History of Richard III