Plunder
verb
To steal goods from a place or a person by using violence, especially during war or times of unrest.
During the war, soldiers would go into villages and plunder them for food and supplies.
Often appears as...
- plunder a village
- plunder a city
noun
Goods acquired unlawfully, typically by forceful theft.
The pirates buried their plunder on a deserted island.
Often appears as...
- treasure of plunder
- piles of plunder
verb
To take with force or swiftly, especially in large quantities.
Investors plundered the country's resources without any concern for the local population.
Often appears as...
- plunder resources
- plunder wealth
verb
To steal goods from a place or a person by using violence, especially during war or times of unrest.
During the war, soldiers would go into villages and plunder them for food and supplies.
Often appears as...
- plunder a village
- plunder a city
noun
Goods acquired unlawfully, typically by forceful theft.
The pirates buried their plunder on a deserted island.
Often appears as...
- treasure of plunder
- piles of plunder
verb
To take with force or swiftly, especially in large quantities.
Investors plundered the country's resources without any concern for the local population.
Often appears as...
- plunder resources
- plunder wealth
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3War Context
Plunder involves force or aggression, often seen in warlike situations or historical conflicts.
Invaders would plunder ancient cities after a siege.
Pro Tip 2/3Violence Involved
Plundering implies some element of violence or coercion, not just quiet theft.
The rebels proceeded to plunder the town's armory.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Petty Crime
Plunder refers to a larger scale of theft, not to minor acts like shoplifting.
The invading army was accused of systematically plundering the countryside.
Pro Tip 1/3War Context
Plunder involves force or aggression, often seen in warlike situations or historical conflicts.
Invaders would plunder ancient cities after a siege.
Pro Tip 2/3Violence Involved
Plundering implies some element of violence or coercion, not just quiet theft.
The rebels proceeded to plunder the town's armory.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Petty Crime
Plunder refers to a larger scale of theft, not to minor acts like shoplifting.
The invading army was accused of systematically plundering the countryside.
Pro Tip 1/3War Context
Plunder involves force or aggression, often seen in warlike situations or historical conflicts.
Invaders would plunder ancient cities after a siege.
Pro Tip 2/3Violence Involved
Plundering implies some element of violence or coercion, not just quiet theft.
The rebels proceeded to plunder the town's armory.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Petty Crime
Plunder refers to a larger scale of theft, not to minor acts like shoplifting.
The invading army was accused of systematically plundering the countryside.
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Steven Pinker and...
The advantages derived from peace diffuse themselves far and wide, and reach great numbers, while in war, if anything turns out happily, the advantage redounds only to a few, and those unworthy of reaping it. One man's safety is owing to the destruction of another. One man's prize is derived from the plunder of another.
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Queens of the High Seas...
time as blackbeard and bonnie plundered chips sometimes disguised as a man and it's just kind of a spread of them with a little poem that i wrote that kind of sums it up oh that is so cool yeah it's great of marauding men at the many books have told the tale but of all the pirates and all the world the most
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The Silk Road:...
and Chinese dynasties rose and fell. Even Mongolian hoards, known for pillage and plunder, actively protected the trade routes, rather than disrupting them. But along with commodities, these routes also enabled the movement of traditions, innovations, ideologies and languages.
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Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
and vice versa the foam is the result of these strong offshore winds that whip the biomass of phytoplankton into a froth consider it something like marine egg whites like other major fisheries the Benguela current marine life has been plundered involved life populations
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What makes the Great...
the fortifications lost their purpose. And without regular reinforcement, the wall fell into disrepair, rammed earth eroded, while brick and stone were plundered for building materials. But its job wasn't finished. During World War II,
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The rise and fall of the...
The empire commanded vast fleets of Viking-style long ships, which they used for trading, raiding, and plundering the seas. Observing this prowess, many neighboring rulers sought their aid.
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Monkey Cuisine PIPE Secret...
urban and congested yet also silent and wild whilst plundering the seas they brought back cranes from the verge of extinction and preserved whole islands like this one for wildlife
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Man Fights Nazi Plunder...
concentration camps near Munich when World War two ended the grotesque realities of Nazi war crimes were exposed and proof of systematic plunder and
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Giant Hornets Massacre...
now the real plunder begins
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Ferocious Hornet Moments...
now the real plunder begins
Video examples
Steven Pinker and...
The advantages derived from peace diffuse themselves far and wide, and reach great numbers, while in war, if anything turns out happily, the advantage redounds only to a few, and those unworthy of reaping it. One man's safety is owing to the destruction of another. One man's prize is derived from the plunder of another.
Video examples
Queens of the High Seas...
time as blackbeard and bonnie plundered chips sometimes disguised as a man and it's just kind of a spread of them with a little poem that i wrote that kind of sums it up oh that is so cool yeah it's great of marauding men at the many books have told the tale but of all the pirates and all the world the most
Video examples
The Silk Road:...
and Chinese dynasties rose and fell. Even Mongolian hoards, known for pillage and plunder, actively protected the trade routes, rather than disrupting them. But along with commodities, these routes also enabled the movement of traditions, innovations, ideologies and languages.
Video examples
Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
and vice versa the foam is the result of these strong offshore winds that whip the biomass of phytoplankton into a froth consider it something like marine egg whites like other major fisheries the Benguela current marine life has been plundered involved life populations
Video examples
What makes the Great...
the fortifications lost their purpose. And without regular reinforcement, the wall fell into disrepair, rammed earth eroded, while brick and stone were plundered for building materials. But its job wasn't finished. During World War II,
Video examples
The rise and fall of the...
The empire commanded vast fleets of Viking-style long ships, which they used for trading, raiding, and plundering the seas. Observing this prowess, many neighboring rulers sought their aid.
Video examples
Monkey Cuisine PIPE Secret...
urban and congested yet also silent and wild whilst plundering the seas they brought back cranes from the verge of extinction and preserved whole islands like this one for wildlife
Video examples
Man Fights Nazi Plunder...
concentration camps near Munich when World War two ended the grotesque realities of Nazi war crimes were exposed and proof of systematic plunder and
Video examples
Giant Hornets Massacre...
now the real plunder begins
Video examples
Ferocious Hornet Moments...
now the real plunder begins
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Quote examples
Nick Clegg
British Politician
For far too long the world's poorest people have seen no benefit from the vast natural resources in their own backyards. It is time to end the injustice where ordinary people are silent witnesses, left to suffer without basic services, as the profits from their countries' assets are hidden and plundered by corrupt regimes.
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Glenn Greenwald
American Journalist
An elite class that is free to operate without limits - whether limits imposed by the rule of law or fear of the responses from those harmed by their behavior - is an elite class that will plunder, degrade, and cheat at will, and act endlessly to fortify its own power.
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David Suzuki
Canadian Scientist
Although it's the second largest country in the world, our useful area has been reduced. Our immigration policy is disgusting: We plunder southern countries by depriving them of future leaders, and we want to increase our population to support economic growth.
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Steven Pinker
Canadian Scientist
Roads, better harnesses for horses, time-keeping devices, financial instruments like a currency that was recognized everywhere in the kingdom, enforceable contracts - all of this made commerce more appealing than plunder.
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Ambrose Bierce
American Journalist
Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.
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Oliver Goldsmith
Irish Poet
Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.
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John McDonnell
British Politician
Airport expansion is just one example of how our planet is being plundered for profit.
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Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder.
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Henry IV
Royalty
I had rather be plundered by my enemies than by my friends.
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Frederic Bastiat
French Economist
Often the masses are plundered and do not know it.
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Nick Clegg
British Politician
For far too long the world's poorest people have seen no benefit from the vast natural resources in their own backyards. It is time to end the injustice where ordinary people are silent witnesses, left to suffer without basic services, as the profits from their countries' assets are hidden and plundered by corrupt regimes.
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Glenn Greenwald
American Journalist
An elite class that is free to operate without limits - whether limits imposed by the rule of law or fear of the responses from those harmed by their behavior - is an elite class that will plunder, degrade, and cheat at will, and act endlessly to fortify its own power.
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David Suzuki
Canadian Scientist
Although it's the second largest country in the world, our useful area has been reduced. Our immigration policy is disgusting: We plunder southern countries by depriving them of future leaders, and we want to increase our population to support economic growth.
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Steven Pinker
Canadian Scientist
Roads, better harnesses for horses, time-keeping devices, financial instruments like a currency that was recognized everywhere in the kingdom, enforceable contracts - all of this made commerce more appealing than plunder.
Quote examples
Ambrose Bierce
American Journalist
Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.
Quote examples
Oliver Goldsmith
Irish Poet
Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.
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John McDonnell
British Politician
Airport expansion is just one example of how our planet is being plundered for profit.
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Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder.
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Henry IV
Royalty
I had rather be plundered by my enemies than by my friends.
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Frederic Bastiat
French Economist
Often the masses are plundered and do not know it.
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