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Adjective plundering has 1 sense
- plundering - given to taking by force what is desired
Antonym: unacquisitive (indirect, via acquisitive)
Noun plundering has 1 sense
- plundering, pillage, pillaging - the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"
--1 is a kind of aggression, hostility
--1 has particulars:
Verb plunder has 4 senses
- loot, plunder - take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer plundered from famous authors"
--1 is one way to steal
Sample sentence:
They plunder the goods
- sack, plunder - plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome"
--2 is one way to take
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray - steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
--3 is one way to take
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder - destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
--4 is one way to destroy, ruin
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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