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Webster 1913 Edition

Direption

Di-rep′tion

,

Noun.

[L.

direptio

, fr.

diripere

to tear asunder, plunder;

di- = dis-

+

rapere

to seize and carry off.]

The act of plundering, despoiling, or snatching away.

[R.]

Speed.

Webster 1828 Edition

Direption

DIREPTION

,

Noun.

[L.] The act of plundering.