plundering
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Definitions ofplundering
- To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
Example: "The mercenaries plundered the small town."
- To take (goods) by pillage.
Example: "The mercenaries plundered all the goods they found."
- To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.
Example: "“Now to plunder, mateys!” screamed a buccaneer, to cries of “Arrgh!” and “Aye!” all around."
- To make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully.
Example: "The miners plundered the jungle for its diamonds till it became a muddy waste."
- To take unexpectedly.
- The act of one who plunders; pillaging or looting; plunder.
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