arreption

English

Etymology

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

Noun

arreption (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The act of taking away; removal
   • 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:

     This arreption was sudden.

Related terms

• arreptitious

References

• “arreption”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Pretorian, intrapore, portainer, pretorian