plundered; plundering
ˈplən-d(ə-)riŋ 
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2
: to make extensive use of as if by plundering : use or use up wrongfully
plunder the land
: to commit robbery or looting
1
: an act of plundering : pillaging
2
: something taken by force, theft, or fraud : loot
3
chiefly dialectal
: personal or household effects
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Examples of plunder in a Sentence
Verb
The village was plundered by the invading army.
Thieves had long ago plundered the tomb.
The soldiers continued plundering for days.
Noun
the plunder of the village
All evidence suggested that the plunder of the tomb had happened long ago.
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Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
The limited series had already plundered the precursor Creative Arts Emmys on Sept. 8, taking a 14 awards, already a record for a drama in a single season.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024
Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
Major museums in the West devoted to the presentation and preservation of art objects have fitfully begun acknowledging their ties to histories of violence and plunder.
—Leslie Camhi, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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Verb
The rest of the Lakota belongings were plundered or burned.
—Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
The limited series had already plundered the precursor Creative Arts Emmys on Sept. 8, taking a 14 awards, already a record for a drama in a single season.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024
Noun
Swiss zoologists, botanists, engineers, priests and nuns from missionary societies, merchants and rentier businesspeople, warlords and mercenaries ventured out to participate in plunder and looting as adjuncts or sidekicks of the stronger world powers and financiers.
—Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
Major museums in the West devoted to the presentation and preservation of art objects have fitfully begun acknowledging their ties to histories of violence and plunder.
—Leslie Camhi, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Plunder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plunder. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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