plunder
An instance of plunderingAn instance of plundering.
» The pirate plunders the treasure trove.
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4 senses(uncountable)An instance of plundering.
Plünderung
грабёжgrabjóž, разграбле́ниеrazgrablénije
(uncountable)The loot attained by plundering.
The Hessian kept his choicest plunder in a sack that never left his person, for fear that his comrades would steal it.
Beute, Raubgut
награ́бленное добро́nagráblennoje dobró, добы́чаdobýča, трофе́йtroféj
(dated, slang, uncountable)Baggage; luggage.
(Philippines, uncountable)The commission of plunder (verb definition 6).
- goods or money obtained illegally
Examples
30 sentencesThe pirate plunders the treasure trove.
I've come to plunder your treasure.
Many businesses were plundered during the riots.
deViele Geschäfte wurden während der Unruhen ausgeplündert. — Yorwba
Looting, raping, and plundering are common during wartime.
Algerian seas are illegally plundered for their coral.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
Recorded since 1632 during the Thirty Years War, native British use since the CromwellianRecorded since 1632 during the Thirty Years War, native British use since the Cromwellian Civil War. Borrowed from German plündern (“to loot”), from Middle High German, from Middle Low German plunderen, from a noun originally meaning "household goods, bedding, clothing," of obscure ultimate origin. This is first attested in medieval records, and according to Gijsseling, is therefore attested too late to be considered a substrate word. Due to the lack of obvious cognates in other languages from which it would have been loaned, it could have developed as some slang word in Lower Saxony/the Low Countries.
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