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Definition of Plunder
1. Verb. Take illegally; of intellectual property. "They plunder the goods"; "This writer plundered from famous authors"
Category relationships: Crime, Criminal Offence, Criminal Offense, Law-breaking, Offence, Offense
Generic synonyms: Steal
2. Noun. Goods or money obtained illegally.
Generic synonyms: Stolen Property
Terms within: Cut
Derivative terms: Loot, Pillage
3. Verb. Plunder (a town) after capture. "The barbarians sacked Rome"
Entails: Destroy, Ruin
Generic synonyms: Take
Derivative terms: Plunderage, Plunderer, Plundering, Sack
4. Verb. Steal goods; take as spoils. "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
Generic synonyms: Take
Specialized synonyms: Deplume, Displume
Derivative terms: Despoiler, Despoilment, Despoliation, Loot, Looter, Looting, Pillage, Pillager, Pillaging, Plunderer, Plundering
5. Verb. Destroy and strip of its possession. "They want to plunder the prisoners "; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
Generic synonyms: Destroy, Ruin
Derivative terms: Despoilment, Despoliation, Plundering, Rape, Spoil, Spoil, Spoilation, Spoliation
Definition of Plunder
1. v. t. To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers.
2. n. The act of plundering or pillaging; robbery. See Syn. of Pillage.
Definition of Plunder
1. Verb. (transitive) To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully. ¹
4. Noun. An instance of plundering ¹
5. Noun. The loot attained by plundering ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plunder
1. to rob of goods by force [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plunder
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