plundering : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: plundering	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for plundering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plundering adj given to taking by force what is desired n the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors" Synonym(s): plundering, pillage, pillaging
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.