abripiō ripuī, reptus, ere ab + rapio, to take forcibly away, snatch away, tear from, force off: puella ex Atticā hinc abrepta, stolen, T.: filios e complexu parentum: alqm de convivio in vincla atque in tenebras: (milites) vi fluminis abrepti, Cs.: aliquem ad quaestionem: iam intro abripiere, shall be dragged, T.: sublatis signis se, to run away, L.
—Of property, to dissipate, squander: quod ille compersit miser, id illa univorsum abripiet, will snatch away in a lump, T.
—Fig., to carry off, remove, detach: tempestate abreptus: (filium) si natura a parentis similitudine abriperet, i. e. made unlike him.