plundering

Plural: plunderings

Noun

• the act of stealing valuable things from a place
  • "the plundering of the Parthenon"
  • "his plundering of the great authors"
• The act of one who plunders; pillaging or looting; plunder.

Verb

• take illegally; of intellectual property
• plunder (a town) after capture
• steal goods; take as spoils
• destroy and strip of its possession
• present participle and gerund of plunder

Adjective Satellite

• given to taking by force what is desired

Synonyms

despoil, foray, loot, pillage, pillaging, plunder, ransack, rape, reave, rifle, sack, spoil, strip, violate

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