plunder : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: plunder	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for plunder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plunder n goods or money obtained illegally [syn: loot, booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money] v take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer plundered from famous authors" Synonym(s): loot, plunder plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome" Synonym(s): sack, plunder steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" Synonym(s): plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country" Synonym(s): rape, spoil, despoil, violate, 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[81]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. [bd]He shared in the plunder.[b8] --Cowper. 3. Personal property and effects; baggage or luggage. [Slang, Southwestern U.S.]