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Latin
Etymology
From dīripiō + -tiō.
Noun
dīreptiō f (genitive dīreptiōnis); third declension
- plundering, pillaging, sack, sacking
- stealing
- rape
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “direptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “direptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- direptio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.