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1. Wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value
   "people returned to the plundered village";
   - looted, pillaged, ransacked

1. (crime) take illegally; of intellectual property
   "This writer plundered from famous authors";
   - loot
    
2. Plunder (a town) after capture
   "the barbarians plundered Rome";
   - sack
    
3. Steal goods; take as spoils
   "During the earthquake people plundered the stores that were deserted by their owners";
   - despoil, loot, reave [archaic], strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
    
4. Destroy and strip of its possession
   "The soldiers plundered the beautiful country";
   - rape, spoil, despoil, violate

See also: empty

Type of: destroy, ruin, spifflicate, spiflicate, steal, take

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