plunder
plunder Lexical Profile
plunder Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To steal goods, treasures, or resources from a place or person, typically using force or during a time of disorder.
"Tomb raiders had managed to plunder the royal burial chamber long before historians discovered its location."
To use up, embezzle, or exploit someone's resources or funds greedily and without regard for the consequences.
"The investigation revealed how corrupt executives had schemed to plunder the company's pension fund."
• noun
Valuable goods, money, or property seized Dishonestly or by force, especially during times of war or civil disorder.
"Archaeologists recovered several ancient artifacts that had been hidden away as plunder centuries ago."
The violent and dishonest seizing of property or resources during a conflict or catastrophe.
"International treaties strictly prohibit the plunder of cultural heritage sites during armed conflicts."
• Rhymes for plunder
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-17th century during the Thirty Years' War from German plündern ('to pillage' or 'rob of household effects'), derived from Middle High German plunder ('household goods, clothes, or baggage').