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plun⋅der
[pluhn-der] 
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town. |
| 2. | to rob, despoil, or fleece: to plunder the public treasury. |
| 3. | to take wrongfully, as by pillage, robbery, or fraud: to plunder a piece of property. |
–verb (used without object)
| 4. | to take plunder; pillage. |
–noun
| 5. | plundering, pillage, or spoliation. |
| 6. | that which is taken in plundering; loot. |
| 7. | anything taken by robbery, theft, or fraud. |
Origin:
1620–30; < D plunderen
1620–30; < D plunderen
Related forms:
plun⋅der⋅a⋅ble, adjective
plun⋅der⋅er, noun
plun⋅der⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
plun⋅der⋅ous, adjective
Synonyms:
1. rape, ravage, sack, devastate. 5. rapine, robbery. 6. booty, spoils.
1. rape, ravage, sack, devastate. 5. rapine, robbery. 6. booty, spoils.
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| plun·der (plŭn'dər) v. plun·dered, plun·der·ing, plun·ders v. tr.
To take booty; rob. n.
[German plündern, from Middle High German plundern, from Middle Low German plunder, household goods.] plun'der·a·ble adj., plun'der·er n., plun'der·ous adj. |
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Plunder
Plun"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plundered; p. pr. & vb. n. Plundering.] [G. pl["u]ndern 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.Plunder
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.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : plunder
Spanish:
saquear, pillar,
German:
plündern,
Japanese:
略奪する
plunder (v.)
1632, from M.H.G. plunderen "to plunder," originally "to take away household furniture," from plunder "household goods, clothes" (cf. M.H.G. plunder "lumber, baggage," 14c.; M.Du. plunder "household goods;" Fris., Du. plunje "clothes"). A word acquired by English via the Thirty Years War and applied in native use after the outbreak of the Civil War in 1642. The noun meaning "goods taken by force" is from 1647.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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