Meaning & use

plundered

verb·Advanced

Stole goods from a place by force, typically during war, invasion, or lawless conditions.

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Invading soldiers plundered the city's treasury before setting fire to the palace.

Looters plundered the abandoned warehouse within hours of the storm passing through.

A note on using this word

Plundered implies large-scale, often violent theft, usually of valuables from a place rather than from an individual person.

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lootedpillagedraided

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