OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 16485

plunder

/ˈplʌndə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
expoliación • pillaje • saqueo
An instance of plundering.
botín • despojo • expolio • saqueo
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.
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📚 verb • entry_id 16484

plunder

/ˈplʌndə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
despojar • expoliar • pillar • saquear
To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
The mercenaries plundered the small town.
The shopkeeper was plundered of his possessions by the burglar.
saquear
To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.
“Now to plunder, mateys!” screamed a buccaneer, to cries of “Arrgh!” and “Aye!” all around.
saquear
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.