Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; pillage.
- intransitive verb To seize wrongfully or by force; steal.
- intransitive verb To take booty; rob.
- noun The act or practice of plundering.
- noun Property stolen by fraud or force; booty.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Household or personal effects; baggage; luggage.
- noun The act of plundering; robbery.
- noun That which is taken from an enemy by force; pillage; prey; spoil; booty.
- noun Hence, that which is taken by theft, robbery, or fraud: as, the cashier escaped with his plunder.
- To take goods or valuables forcibly from; pillage; spoil; strip; rob.
- To take by pillage or open force: as, the enemy plundered all the goods they found.
- Synonyms To despoil, sack, rifle, ravage. See
pillage , n.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob.
- transitive verb To take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly.
- noun The act of plundering or pillaging; robbery. See
Syn. ofpillage . - noun That which is taken by open force from an enemy; pillage; spoil; booty; also, that which is taken by theft or fraud.
- noun Slang, Southwestern U.S. Personal property and effects; baggage or luggage.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
pillage , take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); toraid ,sack . - verb intransitive To take by force or wrongfully; to commit
robbery orlooting , toraid . - verb transitive To make
extensive (over)use of, as if byplundering ; to use oruse up wrongfully. - noun An instance of plundering
- noun The
loot attained by plundering - noun slang, dated
baggage ;luggage
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun goods or money obtained illegally
- verb destroy and strip of its possession
- verb plunder (a town) after capture
- verb steal goods; take as spoils
- verb take illegally; of intellectual property
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"At my time of life, food and clothing be all that is needed; and I have little occasion for what you call plunder, unless it may be, now and then, to barter for a horn of powder, or a bar of lead."
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But how much loot will modern-day Willie Suttons really be able to plunder from the cloud?
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Overwhelming centralized force/power first evolves as a mechanism for plunder, is forced to expand as a mechanism for security and protection, then evolves as a force for domestic order and even justice -- something which in times becomes of interest to the powers that be.
A Theory of Government, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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Social-Democratic party of continental Europe, preaching discontent and class hatred, assailing law, property, and personal rights, and insinuating confiscation and plunder, is here.
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But how much loot will modern-day Willie Suttons really be able to plunder from the cloud?
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Under statist distribution, everyone earns in proportion to the amount he can plunder from the producers.
The Washington Post discovers fiscal responsibility. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
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But how much loot will modern-day Willie Suttons really be able to plunder from the cloud?
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Under statist distribution, everyone earns in proportion to the amount he can plunder from the producers.
The Washington Post discovers fiscal responsibility. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
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Hard to say whether Catwallaun was intent on short-term plunder or long-term annexation.
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Canada is rich in plunder that would whet the appetite of foreign Imperialists with a need for cheap labor, resources, and data processing expertese.
oroboros commented on the word plunder
The longest common word that becomes another word when said in pig Latin (UNDERPLAY).
--Will Shortz's intro to "Wordplay: A curious dictionary of language oddities" by Chris Cole.
May 17, 2008