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–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

]

—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.

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plun·der Audio Help   (plŭn'dər) Pronunciation Key
v.   plun·dered, plun·der·ing, plun·ders

v.   tr.

To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; pillage: plunder a village.
To seize wrongfully or by force; steal: plundered the supplies.

v. intr.
To take booty; rob.

n.

The act or practice of plundering.
Property stolen by fraud or force; booty.

[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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.

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plunder
noun
1.	goods or money obtained illegally [syn: loot]
verb
1.	take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer plundered from famous authors" [syn: loot]
2.	plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome" [syn: sack]
3.	steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
4.	destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country" [syn: rape]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
plunder [ˈplandə] verb

to rob or steal from (a place)
Example: The soldiers plundered and looted (the city).

Arabic:	يَسْلُب، يَنْهَب
Chinese (Simplified):	抢劫
Chinese (Traditional):	搶劫
Czech:	(vy)plenit
Danish:	plyndre
Dutch:	plunderen
Estonian:	röövima
Finnish:	rosvota
French:	piller
German:	plündern
Greek:	λεηλατώ
Hungarian:	kifoszt, fosztogat
Icelandic:	ræna
Indonesian:	menjarah
Italian:	saccheggiare

Japanese:	略奪する
Korean:	약탈하다
Latvian:	laupīt
Lithuanian:	grobti, plėšti
Norwegian:	plyndre, røve
Polish:	grabić
Portuguese (Brazil):	saquear
Portuguese (Portugal):	saquear
Romanian:	a prăda
Russian:	грабить; воровать
Slovak:	(vy)plieniť
Slovenian:	pleniti
Spanish:	saquear, pillar
Swedish:	plundra
Turkish:	yağmalamak

plunder [ˈplandə] noun

the things stolen
Example: They ran off with their plunder.

Arabic:	مَغْنَم، ما يُنْهَب
Chinese (Simplified):	掠夺物
Chinese (Traditional):	掠奪物
Czech:	kořist
Danish:	bytte
Dutch:	buit
Estonian:	röövsaak
Finnish:	ryöstösaalis
French:	butin
German:	die Beute
Greek:	λάφυρα, λεία
Hungarian:	zsákmány
Icelandic:	ránsfengur
Indonesian:	jarahan
Italian:	bottino

Japanese:	略奪品
Korean:	약탈품
Latvian:	laupījums
Lithuanian:	grobis
Norwegian:	(ut)bytte
Polish:	łup
Portuguese (Brazil):	saque
Portuguese (Portugal):	saque
Romanian:	pradă
Russian:	добыча, награбленное
Slovak:	korisť
Slovenian:	plen
Spanish:	botín
Swedish:	byte, rov
Turkish:	yağma, ganimet

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Plunder

Pil"lage\, n. [F., fr. piller to plunder. See Pill to plunder.]

1. The act of pillaging; robbery. --Shak.

2. That which is taken from another or others by open force, particularly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder; spoil; booty.

Which pillage they with merry march bring home. --Shak.

Syn: Plunder; rapine; spoil; depredation.

Usage: Pillage, Plunder. Pillage refers particularly to the act of stripping the sufferers of their goods, while plunder refers to the removal of the things thus taken; but the words are freely interchanged.

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