[plun.der] vb plun.dered ; plun.der.ing [G plundern] vt (1632) 1 a: to take the goods of by force (as in war): pillage, sack "invaders ~ed the town" b: to take by force or wrongfully: steal, loot
2: to make extensive use of as if by plundering: use or use up wrongfully "~ the land" ~ vi: to commit robbery or looting -- plun.der.er n
[2]plunder n (1643) 1: an act of plundering: pillaging
2: something taken by force, theft, or fraud: loot 3 chiefly dial: personal or household effects syn see spoil