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plundering |
2 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: plundering adj : given to taking by force what is desired n : the act of stealing valuable things from a place "the plundering of Rome"; "his plundering of the great authors" [syn: {pillage}, {pillaging}]
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