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Definition of Plundering
1. Adjective. Given to taking by force what is desired.
2. Noun. The act of stealing valuable things from a place. "His plundering of the great authors"
Generic synonyms: Aggression, Hostility
Specialized synonyms: Banditry, Rape, Rapine, Looting, Robbery, Despoilation, Despoilment, Despoliation, Spoil, Spoilation, Spoliation, Devastation, Ravaging, Depredation, Predation, Sack
Derivative terms: Pillage, Plunder, Plunder, Plunder
Definition of Plundering
1. Verb. (present participle of plunder) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plundering
1. plunder [v] - See also: plunder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plundering
Literary usage of Plundering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Late War Between the United States and Great Britain by Henry Marie Brackenridge (1844)
"He therefore directed his attention to the unprotected villages and hamlets along
the bay; carefully avoiding the larger towns, the plundering of which ..."
2. The Normans in Europe by Arthur Henry Johnson (1888)
"Hence it is that the invasions of the Northmen, always ushered in by plundering
incursions, about this time change their character, and take the form of ..."
3. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1892)
"As the summer wore on, the distress caused by the Plundering Act—so the Federalists
nicknamed the ... The Plundering Act had not then been passed. ..."
4. The History of the United States of America by Richard Hildreth (1880)
"Plundering, into which soldiers very easily fall, was by no means confined to
the British. Washington was again obliged to issue stern orders against "ihe ..."
5. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1887)
"... as they called them, were plundering and destroying CHAP, everything. ...
were not ordered —to drive out the plundering Tartars. ..."
6. King's Mountain and Its Heroes: History of the Battle of King's Mountain by Lyman Copeland Draper, Anthony Allaire (1881)
"Colonel Campbell Denounces Plundering.— Complaints against Tory Leaders.— Their
Outrages on the Whigs.—A Court called to Consider the Matter. ..."
7. King's Mountain and Its Heroes: History of the Battle of King's Mountain by Lyman Copeland Draper, Anthony Allaire, Isaac Shelby (1881)
"Colonel Campbell Denounces Plundering.— Complaints against Tory Leaders.— Their
Outrages on the Whigs.—A Court called to Consider the Matter. ..."
8. France Under Louis XV by James Breck Perkins (1897)
"The plundering in which he indulged would not have been unworthy a general ...
While the general was absorbed in plundering, it was impossible to keep the ..."
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