Plun·der v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plundered p. pr. & vb. n. Plundering.]
 1. To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers.
    Nebuchadnezzar plunders the temple of God.   --South.
 2. To take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy plundered all the goods they found.
 Syn: -- To pillage; despoil; sack; rifle; strip; rob.
 plundering
      adj : given to taking by force what is desired
      n : the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the
          plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the
          great authors" [syn: pillage, pillaging]