Raptio


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Raptio
Raptio (in archaic or literary English rendered as rape) is a Latin term referring to the large scale abduction of women, i.e. kidnapping either for marriage or enslavement (particularly sexual slavery). Frauenraub, originally from German, is used in English in the field of art history.

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