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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
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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
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“Rapine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rapine. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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rapine
noun
rap·ine
ˈrap-ən 
-ˌīn
: the seizing and carrying away of something by force
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