Dictionary - Definition of DIREPTION


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. The act of plundering, despoiling, or snatching away.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

"Direption" is a common misspelling or typo for: diremption.

Date "Direption" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Direption \Di*rep"tion\, noun. [Latin expression direptio, from diripere to tear asunder, plunder; di- dis- rapere to seize and carry off.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: DIREPTION

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] The act of plundering. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. The act of plundering, despoiling, or snatching away.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

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Date "DIREPTION" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Direption \Di*rep"tion\, noun. [Latin expression direptio, from diripere to tear asunder, plunder; di- dis- rapere to seize and carry off.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: DIREPTION

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] The act of plundering. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top