Androlepsia

gr.-l. A taking of men; a species of taking by one nation of the subjects of another enforcing some claim or right

[Gr. dvd^Xfjtpia, from dy^^, a man, and ^ifig, a taking.] A term anciently applied to the taking by one nation of the citizens or subjects of another, for the purpose of enforcing some claim of ri^ht; as to compel the surrender or punishment of a murderer ^rho had fled from one country to another. Molloy de Jwr, Marit. 26, 28.