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Meaning of plunder

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

plunder

Pronunciation:/ˈplʌndə(ɹ)/

noun

Definitions

  1. An instance of plundering.

  2. The loot attained by plundering.

    Example: The Hessian kept his choicest plunder in a sack that never left his person, for fear that his comrades would steal it.

  3. Baggage; luggage.

verb

Definitions

  1. To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.

    Example: The mercenaries plundered the small town.

  2. To take (goods) by pillage.

    Example: The mercenaries plundered all the goods they found.

  3. To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.

    Example: “Now to plunder, mateys!” screamed a buccaneer, to cries of “Arrgh!” and “Aye!” all around.

  4. To make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully.

    Example: The miners plundered the jungle for its diamonds till it became a muddy waste.