Category:Plunder

Plun"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plundered; p. pr. & vb. n. Plundering.] Etym: [g. plündern to plunder, plunder frippery, baggage.]

1. To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to Spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers. Nebuchadnezzar plunders the temple of god. South.

2. To take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy Plundered all the goods they found.

Syn. -- to pillage; despoil; sack; rifle; strip; rob.

Plunder Plun"der, n.

1. The act of plundering or pillaging; robbery. See syn. of pillage. Inroads and plunders of the saracens. Sir t. North.

2. That which is taken by open force from an enemy; pillage; spoil; Booty; also, that which is taken by theft or fraud. "he shared in the Plunder." Cowper.

3. Personal property and effects; baggage or luggage. [slang, Southwestern u.s.]