plunder
IPA: pɫˈʌndɝ
noun
- An instance of plundering.
- The loot attained by plundering.
- (slang, dated) Baggage; luggage.
verb
- (transitive) To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
- (transitive) To take (goods) by pillage.
- (intransitive) To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.
- (transitive) To make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully.
- (transitive) To take unexpectedly.
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Examples of "plunder" in Sentences
- The city was plundered by pirates.
- Rich people cheat on taxes and they plunder us.
- Ken Arok indulged in gambling, plunder and rapine.
- The purpose of the campaign was to plunder Cuman camps.
- The purpose of the campaign was to plunder Cumanian camps.
- Once their blood lust was satiated, they began to plunder.
- The contumacious vassal then plundered the entire district.
- The Mongols did not plunder the people on the way to Delhi.
- The administrators no longer plunder the orchards of the poor.
- It's really about the plundering of the country by greedy people.