plunder

Definition

  • verb: to steal things from (a place, such as a city or town) especially by force
  • verb: to take the goods of by force (as in war)
  • synonyms: pillage, rob, sack

Examples

  • All evidence suggested that the 'plunder' of the tomb had happened long ago.

  • Soldiers divided the 'plunder' [='loot'] among themselves.

  • The village was 'plundered' by the invading army.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) then a series of petty kingdoms... each one the jealous rival of the next. Thus, when the Vikings set forth to rob and plunder England... they never sailed out of sight of land. They confined their attacks to swift, overnight raids. It was no accident that (..)
    1958 The Vikings