plunder has definitions from the field of criminal law
1
[ noun ] goods or money obtained illegally

Used in print

(Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)

His plunder is therefore far higher - running into hundreds of millions .

Related terms

stolen_property cut loot

2
[ verb ] (criminal law) take illegally; of intellectual property

Synonyms

loot

Examples

: "This writer plundered from famous authors"

Used in print

(The New York Times,...)

These voters view the political process as a secret conspiracy , the object of_which is to plunder them '' .

Related terms

steal crime

3
[ verb ] plunder (a town) after capture

Synonyms

sack

Examples

"the barbarians sacked Rome"

4
[ verb ] (criminal law) steal goods; take as spoils

Examples

"During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

5
[ verb ] destroy and strip of its possession

Examples

"The soldiers raped the beautiful country"

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