to plunder
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6.6
- verb
- /ˈplʌndər/
:
apropiarse indebidamente de
- Shallow reefs had been plundered for landfill and building materials.
And it was about humiliating women, having control over women and just plundering money from his followers.
- And it was about humiliating women, having control over women and just plundering money from his followers.
- Kurdish nomadic tribes and irregular armed forces were involved in the murdering of the Armenians by allowing them to plunder their property.
- I'll be like, that's such nonsense that I'm going to plunder extra hard.
Examples
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I will plunder some slang or jargon from a dictionary without really knowing how the words are used.
Academic text (2009) -
And it was during his reign that the CIA and Neil Bush plundered billions from the savings and loans.
Blog text (19) -
Find a category that would interest your audience and plunder it for ideas.
Blog text (30) -
But once property rights are no longer secure, political elites can plunder with impunity.
Blog text (33) -
Bill and I plundered London on a dozen shopping sprees, buying gifts for everyone we knew.
Fiction book (2000) -
For example, CMA recently issued a statement deploring the attempts of the Wise Use movement to "plunder the regulatory landscape."
Academic text (1995) -
Cut off from its governing ideology, Marxism can be plundered for theological use.
Academic text (1992) -
The soldiers began to plunder the enemy's village, taking whatever they wanted.
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After the storm, looters were seen trying to plunder the abandoned shops in the flooded area.
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The pirates would plunder ships along the coast, leaving nothing behind but wreckage.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Take something that does not belong to you without permission
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6.3
To steal something quickly without the owner knowing
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8.1
To steal money or things that you were trusted with and use them yourself illegally
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6.8
To copy someone else's words or ideas and claim them as your own without saying where they came from
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7.0
To take someone else's workers, ideas or clients unfairly for personal gain
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4.4
To copy music, films, or software without permission
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6.1
To take someone else's ideas or work without permission
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8.4
Steal things, for example electronics or cars
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7.9
To secretly take money from a business or charity for your own use
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8.4
To take money or things you were trusted with and use them yourself
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9.6
To steal something secretly or dishonestly
To steal something from someone often by force
Antonyms
How Dishonest
- Formal
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8.4
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6.6
- US
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6.8
- Offensive
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9.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember plunder when used for ideas or work is to think of ideas as 'loot' — the word originally meant taking goods, so to plunder someone's work is to take it dishonestly without permission.