rapinare

See also: rapiñare and rapiñaré

Italian

Etymology

From rapina + -are; cognate with Piedmontese rapiné.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ra.piˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ra‧pi‧nà‧re

Verb

rapinàre (first-person singular present rapìno, first-person singular past historic rapinài, past participle rapinàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to rob
  2. (transitive, figurative, by extension) to rip off (to charge an unfair rate)

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Further reading

  • rapinare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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