Hypertext Webster Gateway: "plunder"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plunder \Plun"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plundered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Plundering}.] [G. pl["u]ndern to plunder, plunder
frippery, baggage.]
1. To take the goods of by force, or without right; to
pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to
plunder travelers.
Nebuchadnezzar plunders the temple of God. --South.
2. To take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy
plundered all the goods they found.
Syn: To pillage; despoil; sack; rifle; strip; rob.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plunder \Plun"der\, n.
1. The act of plundering or pillaging; robbery. See Syn. of
{Pillage}.
Inroads and plunders of the Saracens. --Sir T.
North.
2. That which is taken by open force from an enemy; pillage;
spoil; booty; also, that which is taken by theft or fraud.
``He shared in the plunder.'' --Cowper.
3. Personal property and effects; baggage or luggage. [Slang,
Southwestern U.S.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
plunder
n : goods or money obtained illegally [syn: {loot}, {booty}, {pillage},
{prize}, {swag}]
v 1: take illegally; of intellectual property: "This writer
plundered from famous authors" [syn: {loot}]
2: plunder after capture, as of a town [syn: {sack}]
3: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people
looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
[syn: {despoil}, {loot}, {reave}, {strip}, {rifle}, {ransack},
{pillage}, {foray}]
4: destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the
beautiful country" [syn: {rape}, {despoil}, {violate}]
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