arreption

Meanings

nounarreption (uncountable)

obsoleteuncountableThe act of taking away; removal
This arreption was sudden.
1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC

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

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