plunder Definition
plun·der (plun′dər)
transitive verb
- to rob or despoil (a person or place) by force, esp. in warfare
- to take (property) by force or fraud
Etymology: Ger plündern < plunder, trash, baggage
intransitive verb
to engage in plundering
noun
- the act of plundering; pillage; robbery
- goods taken by force or fraud; loot; booty
- ☆ Dialectal personal belongings or household furnishings
plunder Related Forms
plun′·derer noun
plun′·der·ous adjective
plunder Synonyms
plunder Synonyms
plunder Usage Examples
Object
- treasure: Pirates hiding the treasures plundered from ships across the coast of North America?
- expedition: Great booty was gathered in these plundering expeditions, to be divided in the usual way.
- ship: It is supposedly the site of an 18th Century french pirate's share of the loot from a plundered Portuguese treasure ship.
- gold: To plunder green gold on a pirate raid & bring to camp the glory of old.
- countryside: It is easier and cheaper to plunder the countryside.
- nation: Because you have plundered many nations, the peoples who are left will plunder you.
Converse of object
seize: Verse 12, " They are going to have spoil, these people are going to come to capture spoil, seize plunder.
Adjective modifier
- imperialist: The Western bourgeoisie acts, not on the basis of ideology, but in the interests of imperialist plunder.
- corporate: Dog Eat Dog is a game of corporate plunder.
- systematic: It has been and is being stolen by the oil companies in their systematic plunder of this part of Africa.
Adjective complement
more: From March 1998 to August 1998 a gang plundered more than 600 tombs in Hunan Province.
Modifying Another Word
- systematically: In A.D. 795 they systematically plundered areas from Skye to Iona.
- then: Lloyds TSB admitted a surge in thefts by gangs who clone debit and credit cards then plunder accounts at ATMs overseas.
- also: The stone bridge spanning the Tyne at Corbridge was also plundered for some of the largest stones used in the crypt.
- not: Ensure that any bulbs that you purchase, especially native species are from a guaranteed source and not plundered from the wild.
- again: Jesus again plunders Satan's kingdom just as He said He would.
- much: While much of the stone in the ramparts has been plundered much remains and some walls are relatively intact.
Preposition: of
- resource: Of course we would all condemn any situation which allowed the plundering of regional fisheries resources.
- country: It failed to show the doctoring and the unsustainable plunder of the country 's vast resource base.
- site: The profits to be made encourage not only illicit plundering of ancient sites but skillful forgeries.

