arreption

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Definition of arreption

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

(obsolete, uncountable)The act of taking away; removal

“This arreption was sudden.”

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From Latin arripere, arreptum (“to seize, snatch”), from ad + rapere (“to snatch”). See rapacious.

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