• fahfahfahfahA
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    4 months ago

    The article you linked says it means “pick or pluck” as in “plucking a fruit”

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      4 months ago

      It also says the quoted part at the end of my previous post, or did you have trouble getting that far, son? Sit down.

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        4 months ago

        Fair enough, but nowhere is rape mentioned which is what I was getting at.

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          4 months ago

          Read some Roman history. Get back to me when you find the common use of the term. Enjoy.