plunder
plun|der /pl'ʌndər/ (plunders plundering plundered)
1 [VERB] V n, V n of n, V n from n
If someone plunders a place or plunders things from a place, they steal things from it. (LITERARY)
They plundered and burned the market town of Leominster...
She faces charges of helping to plunder her country's treasury of billions of dollars...
This has been done by plundering £4 billion from the Government reserves.
= loot
[N-UNCOUNT]
Plunder is also a noun.
...a guerrilla group infamous for torture and plunder.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
Plunder is property that is stolen. (LITERARY)
The thieves are often armed and in some cases have killed for their plunder.
1 [VERB] V n, V n of n, V n from n
If someone plunders a place or plunders things from a place, they steal things from it. (LITERARY)
They plundered and burned the market town of Leominster...
She faces charges of helping to plunder her country's treasury of billions of dollars...
This has been done by plundering £4 billion from the Government reserves.
= loot
[N-UNCOUNT]
Plunder is also a noun.
...a guerrilla group infamous for torture and plunder.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
Plunder is property that is stolen. (LITERARY)
The thieves are often armed and in some cases have killed for their plunder.