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noun
- The goods attained via an act of plundering
- The Hessian kept his choicest in a sack that never left his person, for fear that his comrades would steal it.
verb - (transitive) To take the goods of, by force (as in war); to pillage; to sack.
- The mercenaries plundered the small town.
- (intransitive) To take by force or wrongfully; to steal; to loot.
- "Now to , mateys!" screamed the buccaneer, to cries of "Arrgh!" and "Aye!" all around.
- (transitive) To make extensive use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully.
- The miners plundered the jungle for its diamonds, and soon it became a muddy waste.
- (transitive) To commit robbery or looting, to raid
- The shopkeep was plundered of his possessions by the burglar.
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