rompering
(Ireland, historical) The abduction of a victim to a room where they are tortured and murdered.
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(Ireland, historical) The abduction of a victim to a room where they are tortured and murdered.
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An obsolete Scottish legal and historical term meaning harassment, depredation, or plundering — the act of harrying or devastating. Found in older Scottish legal texts and historical accounts. The word derives from 'harry' (to pillage or harass) and is now completely out of everyday use.