Meaning & use
Plundering
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Stealing goods from a place or people by force, typically during war, riot, or disorder.
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Soldiers were accused of plundering the abandoned villages.
The pirates spent years plundering merchant ships along the coast.
A note on using this word
Can also be used figuratively, as in 'plundering the company's pension fund'.
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restoring
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