Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who plunders.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who plunders or pillages.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
plunders orpillages .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
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Examples
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What was new was that the plunderer was the guy next door.
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He is, in other words, a plunderer, a cynic and a traitor.
Libertarian Blog Place Various Libertarian Bloggers 2010
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Otherwise known as the plunderer of India, due to the acquisition of jewels, gold and silver - which was estimated to be in excess of three billion dinars - Ghazni was responsible for the slavery of thousands.
unknown title 2009
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_mud-lark_; that is, a plunderer of the ships 'cargoes that unload in the Thames.
Tales and Novels — Volume 02 Maria Edgeworth 1808
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In his own words, his corporation was a 'plunderer'.
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In his own words, his corporation was a 'plunderer'.
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That the humorous element is not wanting to the narrative one can show (premising that a "bummer" is an unauthorised forager, or, in plainer language, a self-elected plunderer, which is much the same as
Current Literature 1865
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Humanity is intended to be a guardian of the earth, not a plunderer of its resources that will enslave future generations to greed, consumption and waste.
Rabbi Edward C. Bernstein: Green Passover: Taking Responsibility For People And Planet Rabbi Edward C. Bernstein 2011
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Humanity is intended to be a guardian of the earth, not a plunderer of its resources.
Rabbi Edward C. Bernstein: Green Passover: Taking Responsibility for People and Planet. Rabbi Edward C. Bernstein 2011
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Humanity is intended to be a guardian of the earth, not a plunderer of its resources that will enslave future generations to greed, consumption and waste.
Rabbi Edward C. Bernstein: Green Passover: Taking Responsibility For People And Planet Rabbi Edward C. Bernstein 2011
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