The act of snatching away or carrying off by force; an abrupt seizure.
From Latin 'abruptio' meaning a tearing away, derived from 'abrupere' (to break off). The word entered English through legal terminology.
In old legal documents, 'abreption' referred to the violent kidnapping of people—it's the legal word for what pirates and raiders did!
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