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Plunder \Plun"der\, n.
1. The act of plundering or pillaging; robbery. See Syn. of
{Pillage}.
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Inroads and plunders of the Saracens. --Sir T.
North.
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2. 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.
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3. Personal property and effects; baggage or luggage. [Slang,
Southwestern U.S.]
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Plunder \Plun"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plundered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Plundering}.] [G. pl["u]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.
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Nebuchadnezzar plunders the temple of God. --South.
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2. To take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy
plundered all the goods they found.
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Syn: To pillage; despoil; sack; rifle; strip; rob.
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