rapine

English Thesaurus

1. the act of despoiling a country in warfare (noun.act)

hypernym	:	pillage, pillaging, plundering,
definition	:	the act of stealing valuable things from a place (noun.act)

derivation	:	despoil, plunder, rape, spoil, violate,
definition	:	destroy and strip of its possession (verb.contact)

derivation	:	despoil, plunder, rape, spoil, violate,
definition	:	destroy and strip of its possession (verb.contact)