plunder

v., -dered, -der·ing, -ders.

v.tr.

1. To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; pillage: plunder a village.
2. To seize wrongfully or by force; steal: plundered the supplies.

v.intr.

To take booty; rob.

n.

1. The act or practice of plundering.
2. Property stolen by fraud or force; booty.

[German plündern, from Middle High German plundern, from Middle Low German plunder, household goods.]

plunderable plun'der·a·ble adj.
plunderer plun'der·er n.
plunderous plun'der·ous adj.

verb

To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war: depredate, despoil, havoc, loot, pillage, ransack, rape, ravage, sack², spoliate, strip¹. Archaic harrow, spoil. See crimes, give/take/reciprocity.

noun

Goods or property seized unlawfully, especially by a victor in wartime: booty, loot, pillage, spoil (used in plural). Slang boodle. Nautical prize². See crimes, give/take/reciprocity.

n

Definition: something stolen
Antonyms: gift

v

Definition: ravage, steal
Antonyms: give, receive

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

v.

To take the property of another without observing the decent and customary reticences of theft. To effect a change of ownership with the candid concomitance of a brass band. To wrest the wealth of A from B and leave C lamenting a vanishing opportunity.

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IN BRIEF: To rob violently of goods or valuables.

To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder. — Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - udplyndre
v. intr. - røve
n. - plyndring, bytte, udbytte

Nederlands (Dutch)
plunderen, plundering

Français (French)
v. tr. - piller, dévaliser
v. intr. - se livrer au pillage
n. - pillage, butin

Deutsch (German)
n. - Beute, Plünderung
v. - plündern

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διαγούμισμα, λεηλασία, λεία, πλιάτσικο, διαρπαγή
v. - διαγουμίζω, λεηλατώ, κατακλέβω, λυμαίνομαι

Italiano (Italian)
saccheggiare, sacco

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pilhagem (f), saque (m), lucro (m)
v. - pilhar, saquear, lucrar

Русский (Russian)
грабить, грабеж

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - saquear, pillar, robar
v. intr. - participar de un saqueo, robo o pillaje
n. - pillaje, saqueo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skövling, rov, vinst (sl.), pick o pack
v. - skövla, stjäla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
掠夺, 抢劫, 劫掠, 窃取, 侵吞, 盗窃, 劫掠物

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 掠奪, 搶劫, 劫掠, 竊取, 侵吞
v. intr. - 劫掠, 盜竊
n. - 劫掠, 盜竊, 侵吞, 劫掠物

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (사람, 장소)로부터 약탈[수탈]하다
v. intr. - 노략질하다
n. - 약탈, 이익

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 略奪, 略奪品
v. - から金品を強奪する, から略奪する, 略奪する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نهب, سرقه, كل ما يؤخذ سرقه واحتيالا (فعل) يسرق, يسلب, ينهب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮בזז, שדד, גנב‬
v. intr. - ‮בזז, שדד‬
n. - ‮ביזה, שלל, רווח‬

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