Meaning & use
plundered
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.
Words with a similar meaning
lootedpillagedraided
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