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]