4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Plunder  \Plun"der\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Plundered};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Plundering}.]  [G.  pl["u]ndern  to  plunder,  plunder 
  frippery,  baggage.] 
  1.  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.  --South. 
 
  2.  To  take  by  pillage;  to  appropriate  forcibly;  as  the  enemy 
  plundered  all  the  goods  they  found 
 
  Syn:  To  pillage;  despoil;  sack;  rifle;  strip;  rob. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Plunder  \Plun"der\,  n. 
  1.  The  act  of  plundering  or  pillaging;  robbery.  See  Syn.  of 
  {Pillage}. 
 
  Inroads  and  plunders  of  the  Saracens.  --Sir  T. 
  North. 
 
  2.  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.''  --Cowper. 
 
  3.  Personal  property  and  effects;  baggage  or  luggage.  [Slang, 
  Southwestern  U.S.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  plunder 
  n  :  goods  or  money  obtained  illegally  [syn:  {loot},  {booty},  {pillage}, 
  {prize},  {swag}] 
  v  1:  take  illegally;  of  intellectual  property:  "This  writer 
  plundered  from  famous  authors"  [syn:  {loot}] 
  2:  plunder  after  capture,  as  of  a  town  [syn:  {sack}] 
  3:  steal  goods;  take  as  spoils;  "During  the  earthquake  people 
  looted  the  stores  that  were  deserted  by  their  owners" 
  [syn:  {despoil},  {loot},  {reave},  {strip},  {rifle},  {ransack}, 
  {pillage},  {foray}] 
  4:  destroy  and  strip  of  its  possession;  "The  soldiers  raped  the 
  beautiful  country"  [syn:  {rape},  {despoil},  {violate}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  PLUNDER,  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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