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English noun: plunder | |||
| 1. | plunder (possession) goods or money obtained illegally | ||
| Synonyms | booty, dirty money, loot, pillage, prize, swag | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | stolen property | ||
| Part holonym | cut | ||
English verb: plunder | |||
| 1. | plunder (possession) take illegally; of intellectual property | ||
| Samples | This writer plundered from famous authors. | ||
| Examples | They plunder the goods | ||
| Synonyms | loot | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | steal | ||
| Domain category | crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offence, offense | ||
| 2. | plunder (possession) plunder (a town) after capture | ||
| Samples | The barbarians sacked Rome. | ||
| Synonyms | sack | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | take | ||
| Entail | destroy, ruin | ||
| 3. | plunder (possession) steal goods; take as spoils | ||
| Samples | During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners. | ||
| Synonyms | despoil, foray, loot, pillage, ransack, reave, rifle, strip | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | take | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | deplume, displume | ||
| 4. | plunder (contact) destroy and strip of its possession | ||
| Samples | The soldiers raped the beautiful country. | ||
| Synonyms | despoil, rape, spoil, violate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | destroy, ruin | ||
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