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Meaning of PLUNDERING

Pronunciation:  pl'unduring

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of Rome"; "his plundering of the great authors"
  2. [adj]  given to taking by force what is desired
 
 Synonyms: acquisitive, pillage, pillaging
 
 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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