loot, booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money
(noun) goods or money obtained illegally
rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder
(verb) destroy and strip of its possession; “The soldiers raped the beautiful country”
plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
(verb) steal goods; take as spoils; “During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners”
sack, plunder
(verb) plunder (a town) after capture; “the barbarians sacked Rome”
loot, plunder
(verb) take illegally; of intellectual property; “This writer plundered from famous authors”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
plunder (third-person singular simple present plunders, present participle plundering, simple past and past participle plundered)
(transitive) To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
(transitive) To take (goods) by pillage.
(intransitive) To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.
(transitive) To make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully.
(transitive) To take unexpectedly.
plunder (uncountable)
An instance of plundering.
The loot attained by plundering.
(slang, dated) Baggage; luggage.
Source: Wiktionary
Plun"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plundered; p. pr. & vb. n. Plundering.] Etym: [G. plĂĽndern to plunder, plunder frippery, baggage.]
1. To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers. Nebuchadnezzar plunders the temple of God. South.
2. To take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy plundered all the goods they found.
Syn.
– To pillage; despoil; sack; rifle; strip; rob.
Plun"der, n.
1. The act of plundering or pillaging; robbery. See Syn. of Pillage. Inroads and plunders of the Saracens. Sir T. North.
2. That which is taken by open force from an enemy; pillage; spoil; booty; also, that which is taken by theft or fraud. "He shared in the plunder." Cowper.
3. Personal property and effects; baggage or luggage. [Slang, Southwestern U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 February 2025
(adjective) marked by strong resentment or cynicism; “an acrimonious dispute”; “bitter about the divorce”
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