PLUNDERAGE

plunderage

(noun) the act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

plunderage

(maritime law) The embezzlement of goods on shipboard.

Source: Wiktionary


Plun"der*age, n. (Mar. Law)

Definition: The embezzlement of goods on shipboard. Wharton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

12 January 2025

HABIT

(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”


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