plunder

/หˆplสŒndษ™(ษน)/

IPA: /P L AH1 N D ER0/

noun
  1. 1

    An instance of plundering.

  2. 2

    The loot attained by plundering.

    โ€œThe Hessian kept his choicest plunder in a sack that never left his person, for fear that his comrades would steal it.โ€

  3. 3

    Baggage; luggage.

verb
  1. 1

    To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.

    โ€œThe mercenaries plundered the small town.โ€

  2. 2

    To take (goods) by pillage.

    โ€œThe mercenaries plundered all the goods they found.โ€

  3. 3

    To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.

    โ€œโ€œNow to plunder, mateys!โ€ screamed a buccaneer, to cries of โ€œArrgh!โ€ and โ€œAye!โ€ all around.โ€

  4. 4

    To make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully.

    โ€œThe miners plundered the jungle for its diamonds till it became a muddy waste.โ€

  5. 5

    To take unexpectedly.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plunder