plunder

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: lootbootypillageprizeswagdirty moneysackdespoilreavestriprifleransack

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. goods or money obtained illegallySynonyms: lootbootypillageprizeswagdirty money

Verb (4)

  1. take illegally; of intellectual property“This writer plundered from famous authors”Synonyms: loot
  2. plunder (a town) after capture“the barbarians sacked Rome”Synonyms: sack
  3. steal goods; take as spoils“During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners”Synonyms: despoillootreavestriprifleransackpillageforay
  4. destroy and strip of its possession“The soldiers raped the beautiful country”Synonyms: rapespoildespoilviolate
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Plunder \Plun"der\, n.

1.The act of plundering or pillaging; robbery. See Syn. of Pillage. [1913 Webster]

Inroads and plunders of the Saracens.— Sir T. North.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

3.Personal property and effects; baggage or luggage. [Slang, Southwestern U.S.] [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Nebuchadnezzar plunders the temple of God.— South.[1913 Webster]

2.To take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy plundered all the goods they found. [1913 Webster]

Syn: To pillage; despoil; sack; rifle; strip; rob. [1913 Webster]

The Devil's Dictionary

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.
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