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plunder
English
Etymology
Recorded since 1632 during the Thirty Years War, native British use since the Cromwellian Civil War. Borrowed from German plündern (“to loot”), from Middle High German, from Middle Low German plunderen. Cognate with Dutch plunderen, West Frisian plonderje, Saterland Frisian plunnerje. Probably denominal from a word for “household goods, clothes, bedding”; compare Middle Dutch plunder, German Plunder (“stuff”), Dutch and West Frisian plunje (“clothes”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: pl?n'd?(r), IPA(key): /?pl?nd?(?)/
- Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
Verb
plunder (third-person singular simple present plunders, present participle plundering, simple past and past participle plundered)
- (transitive) To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
- (transitive) To take (goods) by pillage.
- (intransitive) To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.
- (transitive) To make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully.
- (transitive) To take unexpectedly.
- 2014, Paul Doyle, "Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian, 18 October 2014:
- The Serb teed up Steve Davis, who crossed low for Graziano Pellè to plunder his fifth league goal of the campaign.
- 2014, Paul Doyle, "Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian, 18 October 2014:
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
plunder (uncountable)
- An instance of plundering.
- The loot attained by plundering.
- See Thesaurus:booty
- (slang, dated) Baggage; luggage.
- 1880, The Peterson Magazine (volumes 77-78, page 215)
- […] till a long-legged boy brought him out of his revery, by an offer to carry his “plunder,” in whatsoever direction he might desire to direct his steps.
- 1880, The Peterson Magazine (volumes 77-78, page 215)
See also
- manubial
Translations
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch plunder, further etymology unknown.
Alternative forms
- plonder (obsolete)
Noun
plunder c (plural plunders, diminutive plundertje n)
- One's property, (collective) possessions
- Synonyms: have (en goed), huisraad
- Notably furniture and other (mainly small) home inventory
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
plunder
- first-person singular present indicative of plunderen
- imperative of plunderen
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looting
English
Noun
looting (plural lootings)
- The act of stealing during a general disturbance.
Translations
Verb
looting
- present participle of loot
- While looting the stores the looters took the opportunity for revenge by destroying what they didn't steal.
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