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κουρσεύω — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • pillage verb To loot or plunder a place by force, typically during war.
  • pirate noun Someone who attacks and robs ships at sea.
  • plunder verb To steal goods from a place by force, typically during war or unrest.
  • sack noun A large bag, typically of coarse material, used for carrying or storing bulk goods.

Senses

κουρσεύω is used for these senses in English:

  • pillage (ambitransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.
  • pirate (transitive) To appropriate by piracy; to plunder at sea.
  • plunder (transitive) To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
  • sack To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.

pillage — full definition

  1. verb To loot or plunder a place by force, typically during war.
  2. noun The act of looting, or the goods taken by looting.

pirate — full definition

  1. noun Someone who attacks and robs ships at sea.
  2. noun Someone who illegally copies or distributes copyrighted material.
  3. verb To copy or distribute copyrighted material without permission.

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