6 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
verb force (someone) to have sex against their will
verb hold spellbound
originFrom Middle English ravyschen, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French ravis-, present participle stem of ravir (“to seize; to take away hastily”), from Vulgar Latin *rapire, from Latin rapere. See also rape.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0