PLUNDER


Meaning of PLUNDER in English

I. verb

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Critics claim the President has plundered the national treasury.

Many works of art were plundered by Nazi troops.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A spasm of delight shook her from head to toe as he plundered her neck.

Because of it they simply could not plunder on ahead without thinking.

In 1641 the Castle was taken and plundered by Toole McCann.

In other eras, the aldermen ran the city and plundered it.

It was waiting to be plundered.

Loyal members of the Blooper Patrol have plundered these blunders from newspapers, ads and brochures.

Then the Cid and his people returned to the field and began to plunder the tents.

There are nine locations to plunder for food, weapons, artefacts and Orichalcum.

II. noun

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

He fled the country with $600 million in plunder .

the plunder of Africa by the European nations

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

All during the night thousands were out in quest of plunder .

But the plunder is just part of the over-fishing that dates back to the 1960s, when North Sea herring were annihilated.

He made nothing for himself out of the plunder of the Church lands.

He would risk his life any time for plunder .

It's not a case of plunder .

Poorer countries are simply a resource for big business-cheap labour, cheap dumping grounds, cheap plunder .

The pay was welcome and there might well be plunder to boot, not to mention the excitement.

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