plundered Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb take illegally; of intellectual property
   plunder; loot.
   
   • This writer plundered from famous authors
2. verb plunder (a town) after capture
   plunder; sack.
   
   • the barbarians sacked Rome
3. verb steal goods; take as spoils
   pillage; strip; despoil; plunder; foray; rifle; loot; reave; ransack.
   
   • During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
4. verb destroy and strip of its possession
   plunder; violate; spoil; rape; despoil.
   
   • The soldiers raped the beautiful country
5. adjective satellite wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value
   ransacked; pillaged; looted.
   
   • the robbers left the looted train
   • people returned to the plundered village

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