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plunderer

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plun⋅der

  [pluhn-der]
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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   (plŭn'dər)   
v.   plun·dered, plun·der·ing, plun·ders

v.   tr.

  1. To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; pillage: plunder a village.

  2. To seize wrongfully or by force; steal: plundered the supplies.

v.   intr.
To take booty; rob.
n.  

  1. The act or practice of plundering.

  2. 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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