Plunder



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 抢劫, 掠夺
• ［英］ v. 抢劫, 掠夺 ( to take the goods by force: pillage)
• ［记］ 分割记忆: pl看作place ( 放) +under ( 在...下面) 放在自己下面 -> 抢劫
• ［例］ They plundered all the valuable things they could find.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (plundered; plundering)

• Etymology: German plündern
• Date: 1632
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to take the goods of by force (as in war) ; pillage, sack <invaders plundered the town>
    • b. to take by force or wrongfully ; steal, loot <plundered artifacts from the tomb>
  • 2. to make extensive use of as if by plundering ; use or use up wrongfully <plunder the land>
• intransitive verb
  • to commit robbery or looting
• ? plunderer noun

II. noun

• Date: 1643
• 1. an act of plundering ; pillaging
• 2. something taken by force, theft, or fraud ; loot
• 3. chiefly dialect personal or household effects
• Synonyms: see spoil

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