plun´der|er

plun´der|er
plun|der «PLUHN duhr», verb, noun.
–v.t.
1. to rob by force; rob: »

to plunder a bank. The pirates entered the harbor and began to plunder the town.

SYNONYM(S): loot, sack.
2. to take (as goods or valuables) by illegal force or as an enemy: »

The law of self-preservation had now obliged the fugitive Tartars to plunder provisions (Thomas De Quincey).

–v.i.
to commit a robbery or robberies, especially by force; loot.
–n.
1. things taken in plundering; booty; loot: »

The pirates carried off the plunder in their ships.

2. the act of robbing by force: »

In olden times soldiers often gained great wealth by plunder of a conquered city.

3. U.S. Dialect. a) personal belongings or household goods. b) luggage; baggage.
[probably ultimately < Middle Low German plundern < plunder household goods]
plun´der|er, noun.
Synonym Study noun. 1 Plunder, booty, loot mean things taken by force. Plunder applies to things carried off by invading soldiers during a war or by bandits and other robbers: »

Much plunder from Europe reached Germany during World War II.

Booty applies particularly to things carried off and shared later by a band of robbers: »

The bandits fought over their booty.

Loot applies particularly to things carried off from bodies and buildings in a city destroyed in war or the scene of a fire, wreck, or other disaster, but is used also of anything taken by robbery or other crime: »

Much loot was sold after the great earthquake.


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