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aşırmak — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • plunder verb To steal goods from a place by force, typically during war or unrest.
  • purloin verb (formal) To steal something, often by betraying someone's trust.
  • scrounge verb To search for or obtain something, especially by asking others or making do with what is available.

Senses

aşırmak is used for these senses in English:

  • plunder (intransitive) To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.
  • purloin (transitive, usually, formal, or, humorous) To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
  • scrounge (ambitransitive) To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean.

plunder — full definition

  1. verb To steal goods from a place by force, typically during war or unrest.
  2. verb To take something excessively or wrongfully, as if by looting.
  3. noun Goods stolen by force, or the act of taking them.

purloin — full definition

  1. verb (formal) To steal something, often by betraying someone's trust.
  2. verb (formal) To steal.
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