plündern — meaning in English
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English meaning
- loot noun Goods stolen or taken by force, especially during war, a riot, or (in video games) after defeating an enemy.
- maraud verb To move about in roving fashion looking for plunder; to loiter.
- pillage verb To loot or plunder a place by force, typically during war.
- plunder verb To steal goods from a place by force, typically during war or unrest.
- ransack verb To search a place thoroughly and roughly, often leaving it in disorder.
- sack noun A large bag, typically of coarse material, used for carrying or storing bulk goods.
- spoil verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.
Senses
plündern is used for these senses in English:
- loot (transitive) Synonym of plunder, to seize by violence particularly during the capture of a city during war or (video games) after successful combat.
- maraud (transitive) To raid and pillage.
- pillage (ambitransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.
- plunder (transitive) To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
- plunder (intransitive) To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.
- ransack (transitive) To loot or pillage.
- sack To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.
- spoil (transitive, archaic) To strip or deprive (someone) of possessions; to rob, despoil. [from 14th c.]
loot — full definition
- noun Goods stolen or taken by force, especially during war, a riot, or (in video games) after defeating an enemy.
- verb To steal goods, typically during a war, riot, or other chaos.
maraud — full definition
- verb To move about in roving fashion looking for plunder; to loiter.
- verb To go about aggressively or in a predatory manner.
- verb To raid and pillage.