"plunder" in the noun sense
1. loot, booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money
goods or money obtained illegally
"plunder" in the verb sense
1. loot, plunder
take illegally of intellectual property
"This writer plundered from famous authors"
2. sack, plunder
plunder (a town) after capture
"the barbarians sacked Rome"
3. plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
steal goods take as spoils
"During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
4. rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder
destroy and strip of its possession
"The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
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