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looted, pillaged, plundered, ransacked
(adjective) wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value; “the robbers left the looted train”; “people returned to the plundered village”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
plundered
simple past tense and past participle of plunder
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
21 June 2025
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.