ἁρπάζω
I. "to snatch away, carry off", Hom., Hdt., etc.:—absol. "to steal, be a thief", Ar.
2. "to seize hastily, snatch up", λᾶαν Il.; δόρυ Aesch.; ἁρπ. τινὰ μέσον "to seize" him by the waist, Hdt.; c. gen. part., ἁρπ. τινὰ ποδός "by" the foot, Eur.
3. "to seize, overpower", Aesch.: also "to seize" a post, Xen.
II. "to plunder", πόλεις Thuc., etc.
Etym. From Root ΑΡΠ, come also ἅρπη, Ἅρπυιαι, cf. Lat. rapio.