goods or money obtained illegally
Used in a Sentence
plunder
How to use plunder in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for plunder.
Editorial note
They can't plunder your entire bank account.- Some people don't like the idea of having debt.
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Quick take
goods or money obtained illegally
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of plunder gathered in one view.
take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer plundered from famous authors"
plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for plunder.
noun
goods or money obtained illegally
verb
take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer plundered from famous authors"
See also: loot
verb
plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome"
See also: sack
verb
steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
See also: despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
verb
destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
Example sentences
They can't plunder your entire bank account.- Some people don't like the idea of having debt.
You can't plunder the value behind my bank account dollars if I don't have any to take!
100% of the postal service's financial problems are because of this plunder.
The Visigoths wouldn't sack it for another decade and the Vandals plunder and raped the city proper more than 50 years later.
Our plunder of the world's resources and our destruction of the environment may very well leave the planet unsuitable for human life.
Do you realize that the more rich people leave, the fewer rich people there'll be left to plunder?That, in turn, means that the remaining rich people would have to be taxed even harder to compensate for some of them leaving, which would then motivate even more of them to leave, and there you have a feedback loop that leads to the Basic Income party being over.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use plunder in a sentence?
They can't plunder your entire bank account.- Some people don't like the idea of having debt.
What does plunder mean?
goods or money obtained illegally
What part of speech is plunder?
plunder is commonly used as noun, verb.