PLUNDER

v. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

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.
v.

To take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy plundered all the goods they found.

3.
n.

The act of plundering or pillaging; robbery. See Syn. of Pillage. Inroads and plunders of the Saracens. Sir T. North.

4.
n.

That which is taken by open force from an enemy; pillage; spoil; booty; also, that which is taken by theft or fraud. "He shared in the plunder." Cowper.

5.
n.

Personal property and effects; baggage or luggage. [Slang, Southwestern U.S.]

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