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Arreption

Arreption \Ar*rep"tion\, n. [L. arripere, arreptum, to seize, snatch; ad + rapere to snatch. See Rapacious.] The act of taking away. [Obs.] ``This arreption was sudden.''
--Bp. Hall.

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arreption

n. (context obsolete English) The act of take away.