Plunder

Definition of Plunder

Plun´der

v. t.	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. [imp. & p. p. Plundered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Plundering.] Nebuchadnezzar plunders the temple of God. - South.
	2.	To take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy plundered all the goods they found.
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.
	3.	Personal property and effects; baggage or luggage.

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