Raptus is the Latin for "seized", from rapere "to seize". In Roman law the term covered many crimes of property, and women were considered property.
It may refer to:
any literal seizureconfiscationrobberykidnappingraptio, i.e. the abduction of women, also known as Frauenraub; these are the "rapes of Zeus".the term for bride kidnapping in Catholic canon law; specifically, it is an impediment to marriagemedicalseizureepileptic seizurestrokeconvulsionfocal seizureout-of-body experiencein religion, spirituality and subjective experiencerapture, a Christian belief about the End Times and the transport of redeemed souls.status raptus, religious ecstasy.being "carried away" or "transported", being in good spirits, see Ecstasy (emotion).