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plundering::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | pillage, pillaging |
| Type of | aggression, hostility |
| Has types | despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, devastation, banditry, looting, predation, rape, rapine, ravaging, robbery, sack, spoil, spoilation, spoliation, depredation |
| Derivation | plunder |
the plundering of the Parthenon.
his plundering of the great authors.
plundering::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of plundering
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In fact, honor comes from creating values, not expropriating or plundering them.
From the time.com
If culturally plundering the 90s looked like a hoot in 2011, just wait for 2012.
From the guardian.co.uk
Can't society get to where De Botton wants it to go without plundering religion?
From the guardian.co.uk
Due to the destruction and plundering, the Swiss soon turned against the French.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In more modern times, it might be the plundering of weapons or uniform insignia.
From the lightbox.time.com
Plundering raids into mainland Italy took place until well into the 10th century.
From the en.wikipedia.org
England, who are plundering the Aussie attack at will, must go on with the job.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Republicans, naturally, are as supportive of this mass plundering as Democrats.
From the infowars.com
The army is unlikely to be happy at an air-force man plundering its resources.
From the economist.com
- Loot: goods or money obtained illegally
- Loot: take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer plundered from famous authors"
- Sack: plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome"
- Steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
- Rape: destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
- (plundered) looted: wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value; "the robbers left the looted train"; "people returned to the plundered village"
- (plundering) given to taking by force what is desired
- (plundering) the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"
- Looting, also referred to as sacking, ransacking, plundering, despoiling, despoliation, and pillaging, is the indiscriminate taking of goods by force as part of a military or political victory, or during a catastrophe, such as war, natural disaster, or rioting...
