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plundered

plundered

6.1
Robbed and emptied of things during war or chaos
  • adjective
  • /ˈplʌndərd/
translation icon : saqueado
  • The museum was plundered during the civil war, leaving many artifacts missing.

Examples

  • Villagers returned to find their homes plundered after the invading army had left.

  • After the war, many plundered artifacts were returned to their rightful owners.

  • The plundered tombs provided little for archaeologists to study.

  • The plundered village lay in ruins after the invasion.

  • The museum was plundered during the civil war, leaving many artifacts missing.

  • Villagers returned to find their homes plundered after the invading army had left.

  • After the war, many plundered artifacts were returned to their rightful owners.

Synonyms

despoiled
vsplundered
8.7

Something that has had valuable things taken by force

is the broader term for wrongful robbery especially during disorder
looted
vsplundered
5.3

A place that had things stolen during a riot or war

is used for wrongful stripping more generally not only in riots
pillaged
vsplundered
7.2

Robbed and badly damaged during war or fighting

stresses violent robbery often tied to war rather than any disorder
sacked
vsplundered
7.8

A place that soldiers steal from and destroy during an attack

applies more widely to wrongful robbery in disorder not only invasions
ransacked
vsplundered
6.0

A place where people searched everywhere and stole valuable things

focuses on robbery without the idea of thorough searching

Antonyms

recovered
3.2

Found again after being lost or missing

How Plundered

looted
5.3
plundered
6.1
intact
304 3.7

Surface Forms

plundered positive

Morphology

plundered = plunder (transparent) = plunder + ed

Standard past-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'plunder', so the meaning 'having been robbed' is directly derived.

Etymology

Plundered comes from an old German word plunder that meant 'loot' or 'stolen goods' taken by soldiers or thieves. So when something is plundered, it has been robbed and stripped of its valuable things.