I.to snatch up, Il., Xen.
II.to snatch away, carry off, Hom., etc.; of slave-dealers, to kidnap, Od.:—Pass., Soph.: in Prose also, to be dragged before a magistrate, carried off to prison, Lat. rapi in jus, Dem.
2.in good sense, to rescue, Plut.
III.to take by storm, plunder, Eur.; of persons, ἀναρπασόμενος τοὺς Φωκέας to take them by storm or at once, Hdt.
IV.to carry off, steal, Xen., Dem.