Lewis Short
dīreptĭo (noun F) : diripio
* A plundering, pillaging (rare, but good prose): urbs relicta direptioni et incendiis,Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 2; cf. urbis,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52; * Caes. B. C. 2, 12: oppidi (with expugnatio),Suet. Claud. 21: profanorum sacrorumque,Quint. 8, 3, 69: sociorum (with vexatio),Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 18.—In plur., Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 2; Liv. 44, 1 fin.
* The stealing, rape: aurei velleris,Amm. 22, 8, 15.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary