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verb

Plunder v. t. (past & past part. plundered; pres. part. plundering)

To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers. "Nebuchadnezzar plunders the temple of God."

To take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy plundered all the goods they found.

Synonyms: To pillage; despoil; sack; rifle; strip; rob.

noun

Plunder n.

The act of plundering or pillaging; robbery. See Syn. of Pillage. "Inroads and plunders of the Saracens."

That which is taken by open force from an enemy; pillage; spoil; booty; also, that which is taken by theft or fraud. "He shared in the plunder."

Personal property and effects; baggage or luggage. (Slang, Southwestern U.S.)

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"Plunder" Quotes from Famous Books

... tragedy! Gone, I suppose, to join his accomplice on the Pacific coast, and share his plunder," said the man, passionately. ...

— The Good Time Coming • T. S. Arthur

... Europe was actively engaged in wars by land, Scandinavia, that nest of pirates, was as actively engaged in wars by sea, sending its armed galleys far to the south, to plunder and burn wherever they could find footing on shore. Not content with plundering the coasts, they made their way up the streams, and often suddenly appeared far inland before an alarm could be given. Wherever they went, heaps of the dead and the smoking ruins of habitations marked their ...

— Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality, German • Charles Morris

... took the liberty to consider that I had heard enough, he followed me out of the library into the hall, where Janet stood. In her presence, he charged the princess and her family with being a pack of greedy adventurers, conspirators with 'that fellow' to plunder me; and for a proof of it, he quoted my words, that my father's time had been spent in superintending the opening of a coal-mine on Prince Ernest's estate. 'That fellow pretending to manage a coal-mine!' Could not a girl see it was a shuffle to hoodwink a greenhorn? And now he remembered ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... Clair ordered his men to break through the deadly cordon and save themselves as best they could. The Indians kept up a hot pursuit for a distance of four miles. Then, surfeited with slaughter, they turned to plunder the abandoned camp; otherwise there would have been escape for few. As it was, almost half of the men in the engagement were killed, and less than five hundred got off with no injury. The survivors gradually straggled into the river ...

— The Old Northwest - A Chronicle of the Ohio Valley and Beyond, Volume 19 In - The Chronicles Of America Series • Frederic Austin Ogg

... had become a scene of plunder to such as remained after the troops marched out. The cattle had been shot down as they ran at large, and lay dead or dying around. This work of butchery had commenced just as we were leaving the fort. I well remembered a remark of Ensign Ronan, as the firing went ...

— Wau-bun - The Early Day in the Northwest • Juliette Augusta Magill Kinzie

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