Definitions of plunder [ˈplʌn dər]

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Definition of 'plunder'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) plunder
to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war:
to plunder a town.

2.  plunder
to rob or fleece:
to plunder the public treasury.

3.  plunder
to take by pillage, robbery, or fraud.

4. (v.i.) plunder
to take plunder; pillage.

5. (n.) plunder
plundering or pillage.

6.  plunder
that which is taken in plundering; loot.

7.  plunder
anything taken by robbery, theft, or fraud.

Etymology: (1620–30; < D plunderen)

Definition of 'plunder'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) loot, booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money
goods or money obtained illegally

2. (verb) loot, plunder
take illegally; of intellectual property
"This writer plundered from famous authors"

3. (verb) sack, plunder
plunder (a town) after capture
"the barbarians sacked Rome"

4. (verb) plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
steal goods; take as spoils
"During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

5. (verb) rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder
destroy and strip of its possession
"The soldiers raped the beautiful country"

Definition of 'plunder'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) plunder
the act of plundering or pillaging; robbery. See Syn. of Pillage

2. (noun) plunder
that which is taken by open force from an enemy; pillage; spoil; booty; also, that which is taken by theft or fraud

3. (noun) plunder
personal property and effects; baggage or luggage

4. (verb) plunder
to take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers

5. (verb) plunder
to take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy plundered all the goods they found

Translation of 'plunder'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to rob or steal from (a place) The soldiers plundered and looted (the city).
Afrikaans: plunder	Arabic: يَسْلُب، يَنْهَب	Bulgarian: плячкосвам
Brazilian: saquear	Czech: (vy)plenit	German: plündern
Danish: plyndre	Greek: λεηλατώ	Spanish: saquear, pillar
Estonian: röövima	Farsi: غارت کردن	Finnish: ryöstää
French: piller	Hebrew: לִבזוֹז	Hindi: लूटना
Croatian: krađa, pljačka	Hungarian: kifoszt, fosztogat	Indonesian: menjarah
Icelandic: ræna	Italian: saccheggiare	Japanese: 略奪する
Korean: 약탈하다	Lithuanian: grobti, plėšti	Latvian: []laupīt
Malay: merampas	Dutch: plunderen	Norwegian: plyndre, røve
Polish: grabić	Persian: غارت کردن	Pashto: غارت كول، لوټ كول
Portuguese: saquear	Romanian: a prăda	Russian: грабить; воровать
Slovak: (vy)plieniť	Slovenian: pleniti	Serbian: opljačkati
Swedish: plundra	Thai: ปล้น	Turkish: yağmalamak
Taiwanese: 搶劫	Ukrainian: грабувати; розкрадати	Urdu: لوٹنا، تاراج کرنا
Vietnamese: cướp bóc	Chinese: 抢劫
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