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PLUNDERING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of stealing valuable things from a place
Example:
his plundering of the great authors
Synonyms:
pillage; pillaging; plundering
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("plundering" is a kind of...):
aggression; hostility (violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plundering"):
banditry (the practice of plundering in gangs)
rape; rapine (the act of despoiling a country in warfare)
looting; robbery (plundering during riots or in wartime)
despoilation; despoilment; despoliation; spoil; spoilation; spoliation (the act of stripping and taking by force)
devastation; ravaging (plundering with excessive damage and destruction)
depredation; predation (an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding)
sack (the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter)
Derivation:
plunder (destroy and strip of its possession)
plunder (steal goods; take as spoils)
plunder (plunder (a town) after capture)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Given to taking by force what is desired
Classified under:
Similar:
acquisitive (eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb plunder
