ravin

Meanings

Verb

To dine or feast upon plunder or goods seized by violence.

Noun

Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven.

Adjective

Ravenous.

Origin

From Middle English ravine, from Old French raviner ("rush, seize by force"), itself from ravine, from Latin rapīna ("plundering, loot"), itself from rapere.

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