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plundering
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Plundering
(gcide) | Plunder \Plun"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plundered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Plundering.] [G. pl["u]ndern to plunder, plunder
frippery, baggage.]
1. To take the goods of by force, or without right; to
pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to
plunder travelers.
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Nebuchadnezzar plunders the temple of God. --South.
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2. To take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy
plundered all the goods they found.
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Syn: To pillage; despoil; sack; rifle; strip; rob.
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plundering
(wn) | plundering
adj 1: given to taking by force what is desired
n 1: the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the
plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great
authors" [syn: plundering, pillage, pillaging] |
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Plundering
(gcide) | Plunder \Plun"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plundered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Plundering.] [G. pl["u]ndern to plunder, plunder
frippery, baggage.]
1. To take the goods of by force, or without right; to
pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to
plunder travelers.
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Nebuchadnezzar plunders the temple of God. --South.
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2. To take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy
plundered all the goods they found.
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Syn: To pillage; despoil; sack; rifle; strip; rob.
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