Meaning of PLUNDERING
Pronunciation: | | pl'unduring
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- [n] the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of Rome"; "his plundering of the great authors"
- [adj] given to taking by force what is desired
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| Synonyms: | | acquisitive, pillage, pillaging |
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| See Also: | | aggression, banditry, depredation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, devastation, hostility, looting, predation, rape, rapine, ravaging, robbery, spoil, spoilation, spoliation | |
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| Related Terms: | | banditry, brigandage, brigandism, depredation, despoiling, despoilment, despoliation, direption, foraging, foray, freebooting, looting, marauding, pillage, pillaging, plunder, plunderous, predacious, predatory, raid, raiding, ransacking, rape, rapine, ravage, ravagement, ravaging, ravishment, razzia, reiving, rifling, sack, sacking, spoiling, spoliation, spoliatory |
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