raptura

raptura [CL raptus p. ppl. of rapere+-ura] 1 abduction, (of person, usu. accompanied by sexual assault or coercion) rape. fecisti ~am de virgine vel vidua, ann’ v Bonif. Pen. 433; a rape, ~a, rapina Levins Manip. 26. 2 (act of) catching or taking (in quot. fish). 749 in caeteris utilitatibus fluminum vel ~a [v. l. captura] piscium CS 178.