Definitions for plunder
ˈplʌn dərplun·der

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. loot, booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty moneyverb

   goods or money obtained illegally

2. loot, plunderverb

   take illegally; of intellectual property

   "This writer plundered from famous authors"

3. sack, plunderverb

   plunder (a town) after capture

   "the barbarians sacked Rome"

4. plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, forayverb

   steal goods; take as spoils

   "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

5. rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunderverb

   destroy and strip of its possession

   "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plundernoun

   An instance of plundering

2. plundernoun

   The loot attained by plundering

   The Hessian kept his choicest plunder in a sack that never left his person, for fear that his comrades would steal it.

3. plunderverb

   To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.

   The mercenaries plundered the small town.

4. plunderverb

   To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.

5. plunderverb

   To make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully.

   The miners plundered the jungle for its diamonds till it became a muddy waste.

6. Etymology: Recorded since 1632 (during the Thirty Years War, native British use since the Cromwellian Civil War), from High German plunderen (=modern Dutch) "to plunder," originally "to take away household furniture," from plunder "household goods, clothes" ("lumber, baggage," 14c.); akin to Middle (=present) Dutch plunder "household goods", Frisian and Dutch plunje "clothes".

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plundernoun

   Pillage; spoils gotten in war.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   Let loose the murmuring army on their masters,
   To pay themselves with plunder. Thomas Otway.

2. To PLUNDERverb

   Etymology: plunderen, Dutch.

   1. To pillage; to rob in an hostile way.

   Nebuchadnezzar plunders the temple of God, and we find the fatal doom that afterwards befel him. Robert South, Sermons.

   Ships the fruits of their exaction brought,
   Which made in peace a treasure richer far,
   Than what is plunder’d in the rage of war. Dryden.

   2. To rob as a thief.

   Their country’s wealth our mightier misers drain,
   Or cross, to plunder provinces, the main. Alexander Pope.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plunder

   Looting is the act of stealing, or the taking of goods by force, typically in the midst of a military, political, or other social crisis, such as war, natural disasters (where law and civil enforcement are temporarily ineffective), or rioting. The proceeds of all these activities can be described as booty, loot, plunder, spoils, or pillage.During modern-day armed conflicts, looting is prohibited by international law, and constitutes a war crime.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plunder

   Plunder refers to the act of stealing goods, resources, or property, typically in a forceful or violent manner, and especially during times of war, conflict, or chaos. It can also mean to rob, pillage, loot, or raid. Plunder is usually carried out in a large scale and often under extreme conditions.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plunderverb

   to take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers

2. Plunderverb

   to take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy plundered all the goods they found

3. Plundernoun

   the act of plundering or pillaging; robbery. See Syn. of Pillage

4. Plundernoun

   that which is taken by open force from an enemy; pillage; spoil; booty; also, that which is taken by theft or fraud

5. Plundernoun

   personal property and effects; baggage or luggage

WikidataRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Plunder

   Plunder is a 1923 American drama film serial directed by George B. Seitz. During the production of this serial in August 1922, John Stevenson, a stuntman for Pearl White, was killed doing a stunt from a moving bus to an elevated platform.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plunder

   plun′dėr, v.t. to seize the goods of another by force: to pillage.—n. that which is seized by force: booty: (U.S.) household goods.—ns. Plun′derage, the stealing of goods on board ship; Plun′derer.—adj. Plun′derous. [Ger. plündern, to pillage—plunder, trash, baggage; akin to Low Ger. plunnen, rags.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plunder

   A name given to the effects of the officers and crew of a prize, when pillaged by the captors, though the act directs that "nothing shall be taken out of a prize-ship till condemned." (See PILLAGE.)

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plunder

   To take the goods of another by force; to take from by robbery; to spoil; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder a place. Also to take by pillage or open force; as, the enemy plundered all the goods they found.

2. plunder

   That which is taken from an enemy; pillage; spoil.

Matched Categories

1. • Take

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How to pronounce plunder?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of plunder in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of plunder in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of plunder in a Sentence

1. Charley Reese:

   If you look at Washington, you see permanently camped on the banks of the Potomac spread around in concentric circles an army representing thousands of selfish interests. The sole purpose of their presence is to plunder, by hook or crook, the public treasury for the benefit of their particular people or corporations.

2. Tacitus:

   To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.

3. Friedrich August von Hayek:

   With the exception only of the period of the gold standard, practically all governments of history have used their exclusive power to issue money to defraud and plunder the people.

4. Horace:

   The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.

5. Sean Keegan:

   This new law will precipitate an environmental crisis by opening the flood gates to unfettered commercialization by wealthy and well-connected offshore investors who will plunder what is left of this fragile paradise.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=plunder
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Plunder
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=plunder
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plunder
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plunder
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=plunder
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=plunder
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=plunder
10. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
11. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=plunder