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plundering

verb

Meaning

  1. To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
  2. To take (goods) by pillage.
  3. To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.
  4. To make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully.
  5. To take unexpectedly.
  6. The act of one who plunders; pillaging or looting; plunder.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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