plunder

  • 31plunder — verb forcibly steal goods from, especially in time of war or civil disorder. noun the action of plundering. ↘property acquired in this way. Derivatives plunderer noun Origin C17: from Ger. plündern, lit. rob of household goods , from Mid. High… …

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  • 32plunder — 1. verb 1) they plundered the countryside Syn: pillage, loot, rob, raid, ransack, rifle, strip, sack 2) money plundered from pension funds Syn: steal, seize, thieve …

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  • 33plunder — [ˈplʌndə] verb [I/T] to take valuable things from a place using force plunder noun [U] …

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  • 34plunder —   Waiwai pio, waiwai hao.    ♦ To plunder, hao, pōwā, kā ilikū, kā ili wale, kaha, pākaha, mahi ili, moluna …

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  • 35plunder — [17] Plunder is of Dutch origin, and etymologically denotes something like ‘rob of household odds and ends’. It was borrowed from Middle Dutch plunderen, which was presumably derived from the noun plunde or plunne ‘household goods, clothes, etc’ …

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  • 36plunder — v. & n. v.tr. 1 rob (a place or person) forcibly of goods, e.g. as in war. 2 rob systematically. 3 (also absol.) steal or embezzle (goods). n. 1 the violent or dishonest acquisition of property. 2 property acquired by plundering. 3 colloq. profit …

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  • 37Plunder and Lightning — is a television movie, originally broadcast on September 9, 1990, that makes up the first four episodes of the Disney animated series TaleSpin . After its original airing, the film was split up into four episodes of the series itself, but with… …

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  • 38Plunder of the Sun — was a book by David F. Dodge which was made into a 1953 movie starring Glenn Ford.External links*imdb title|0046196 …

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  • 39plunder by stealth — index poach Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 40Plunder (disambiguation) — To plunder is to indiscriminantly take goods by force.Plunder may also refer to:* Captain Plunder, a fictional character the children s comic Sonic the Comic * Looten Plunder, a villain in the television program Captain Planet and the Planeteers… …

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