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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. goods or money obtained illegally;
[syn: loot, booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money]


VERB (4)

1. take illegally; of intellectual property;
- Example: "This writer plundered from famous authors"
[syn: loot, plunder]

2. plunder (a town) after capture;
- Example: "the barbarians sacked Rome"
[syn: sack, plunder]

3. steal goods; take as spoils;
- Example: "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
[syn: plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray]

4. destroy and strip of its possession;
- Example: "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
[syn: rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Plunder \Plun"der\, n.
   1. The act of plundering or pillaging; robbery. See Syn. of
      Pillage.
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            Inroads and plunders of the Saracens. --Sir T.
                                                  North.
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   2. That which is taken by open force from an enemy; pillage;
      spoil; booty; also, that which is taken by theft or fraud.
      "He shared in the plunder." --Cowper.
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   3. Personal property and effects; baggage or luggage. [Slang,
      Southwestern U.S.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

plunder
    n 1: goods or money obtained illegally [syn: loot, booty,
         pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money]
    v 1: take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer
         plundered from famous authors" [syn: loot, plunder]
    2: plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome"
       [syn: sack, plunder]
    3: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people
       looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" [syn:
       plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle,
       ransack, pillage, foray]
    4: destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the
       beautiful country" [syn: rape, spoil, despoil,
       violate, plunder]


The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

PLUNDER, v.  To take the property of another without observing the
decent and customary reticences of theft.  To effect a change of
ownership with the candid concomitance of a brass band.  To wrest the
wealth of A from B and leave C lamenting a vanishing opportunity.