 plunder |
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| 1. | [ noun ] goods or money obtained illegally | |
| Synonyms: | loot prize booty swag dirty_money pillage | |
| Related terms: | stolen_property cut loot | |
| 2. | [ verb ] (criminal law) take illegally; of intellectual property | |
| Synonyms: | loot | |
| Examples: | : "This writer plundered from famous authors" |
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| Related terms: | steal crime | |
| 3. | [ verb ] plunder (a town) after capture | |
| Synonyms: | sack | |
| Examples: | "the barbarians sacked Rome" |
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| Related terms: | take plunderage sack plundering destroy | |
| 4. | [ verb ] (criminal law) steal goods; take as spoils | |
| Synonyms: | ransack rifle despoil foray strip pillage reave loot | |
| Examples: | "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" |
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| Related terms: | take deplume loot plunderer looting spoil plundering | |
| 5. | [ verb ] destroy and strip of its possession | |
| Synonyms: | despoil violate spoil rape | |
| Examples: | "The soldiers raped the beautiful country" |
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| Related terms: | destroy spoil spoil plundering rape | |
| Similar spelling: |
plunderer plundered plundering plunderage planter planetary Plante planet plenitude plane_tree planted plantar Plantae planned planate planetal plentitude plenteous plant planetoid |
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