to plunder
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6.0
- verb
- /ˈplʌndər/
:
saquear
- From their longboats, the Norsemen spread terror as they plundered the continent, the British Isles, and Mediterranean communities.
- soldiers plundering
- plundered other countries
- plundering villages
Just going out of my boats, you know, like plunder some goals.
- Just going out of my boats, you know, like plunder some goals.
Examples
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Since the Whydah pirates plundered so many different ships, the recovered treasure now provides archaeologists and visitors.
Academic text (2010) -
Insatiable in its need for daily fuel, the burgeoning population of India has plundered its forest resources.
Academic text (1993) -
And these pirates would plunder it.
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OK, so this is what happens to people who plunder monasteries.
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Any restaurant was destroyed in the first year; any market was plundered by the soldiers.
Fiction book (1990) -
Thus, when the Vikings set forth to rob and plunder England, they never sailed out of sight of land.
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Five other shops in the arcade were plundered within minutes of the first.
Fiction book (1991) -
The pirates had killed all 23 crewmembers and plundered the ship.
Academic text (2005) -
One family, the Cartwrights, had their home outside Philadelphia plundered and burned by a patriot mob.
Academic text (1991) -
The invading army began to plunder the villages, taking food and valuables from the frightened residents.
Synonyms
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1.0
Take something that does not belong to you without permission
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4.2
To steal things from shops during chaos
43
9.6
To violently damage a place and take its goods
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6.3
To search a place roughly and steal things while making a mess
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8.1
To steal things by force during war or riots
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8.6
To loot and destroy a town or city after capturing it in war
2
7.6
To attack a place and take valuable things, often destroying it
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9.3
Steal valuable things and damage a place or person, often by force
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6.1
Damage a place by force and take or destroy its things
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9.9
To take things by force from people or places, often as loot during war
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Plunder as a verb comes from Low German plundern, which meant 'to take goods', often by soldiers or pirates in a raid. So to plunder is to steal things by force or during war.