PLUNDER

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


Etymology

Verb

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.

Noun

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. plündern 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



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