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1. Given to taking by force what is desired

1. The act of stealing valuable things from a place
   "his plundering of the great authors"; "the plundering of the Parthenon";
   - pillage, pillaging

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

Derived forms: plunderings

See also: acquisitive

Type of: aggression, destroy, hostility, rip [N. Amer, informal], rip off [informal], ruin, steal, take

Encyclopedia: Plundering