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plun·der (plun′dər)

transitive verb

  1. to rob or despoil (a person or place) by force, esp. in warfare
  2. to take (property) by force or fraud

Etymology: Ger plündern < plunder, trash, baggage

intransitive verb

to engage in plundering

noun

  1. the act of plundering; pillage; robbery
  2. goods taken by force or fraud; loot; booty
  3. ☆ Dialectal personal belongings or household furnishings

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plunder Synonyms

plunder

n.

booty, loot, winnings, spoil; see booty. See syn. study at booty.


plunder

v.

loot, rob, despoil, pillage; see raid, ravage, rob. See syn. study at ravage.


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plunder Usage Examples

Object

  • treasure: Pirates hiding the treasures plundered from ships across the coast of North America?

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.

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.

Preposition: of

  • resource: Of course we would all condemn any situation which allowed the plundering of regional fisheries resources.
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plunder quotes

Alliance, n. In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pocket that they cannot separately plunder a third.

-Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett

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