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Raptio (in archaic or literary English rendered as rape) is a Latin term referring to the large scale abduction of women, i.e. kidnapping either for marriage or enslavement (particularly sexual slavery).
Word Origin and History for duress Expand. n. early 14c., harsh or severe treatment, from Old French duresse, from Latin duritia hardness, from durus hard (see endure). The Old French suffix -esse is from Latin -itia, added to adjectives to form nouns of quality (cf. riches, largesse). Sense of coercion, compulsion is from 1590s.