Definitions for plunder

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plunder plun·der

Spelling: [pluhn-der]

IPA: /ˈplʌn dər/

Plunder is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 154 anagrams from letters in plunder (delnpru).

Definitions for plunder

noun

1. plundering, pillage, or spoliation.
2. that which is taken in plundering; loot.
3. anything taken by robbery, theft, or fraud.

verb (used with object)

1. to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.:
2. to rob, despoil, or fleece:
3. to take wrongfully, as by pillage, robbery, or fraud:

verb (used without object)

1. to take plunder; pillage.

Origin of plunder

First recorded in 1620-30, plunder is from the Dutch word plunderen

Examples for plunder

Hulagu then gave his men licence to rape, kill and plunder with the caveat that Christians and Jews were to be spared.

We had hauled our manly tacks aboard, and had no thoughts of plunder.

An officer cried directly that he had helped to plunder a house last night.

And it is repeated: “on the plunder they did not lay their hand.”

It was profusely strewed with the plunder of that unlucky fortress.

She had money on board (the plunder of Malta) to the amount of L600,000 sterling.

Nevertheless, the Danes could not plunder England as easily as before.

In contrast to other brigades, whose motto is “fight by day, plunder by night,” ISIS is a dedicated combat force.

When they ran out of food, he would “go down to Babylon to plunder,” which means stealing from grocery stores.

It was up to the countries in which these acts of plunder had taken place to decide who rightfully owned the recovered works.