Hypertext Webster Gateway: "plundering"
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
plundering
adj : given to taking by force what is desired
n : the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the
plundering of Rome"; "his plundering of the great
authors" [syn: {pillage}, {pillaging}]
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