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Definition of Plunders
1. plunder [v] - See also: plunder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plunders
Literary usage of Plunders
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Mahrattas by James Grant Duff (1878)
"... and strikes coins in his own name,—Ids fleet makes prize of some Moghul ships
bound to the Red Sea, and plunders tlie pilgrims proceeding to Mecca ..."
2. A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans by James Browne (1849)
"... Elgin—Wastes the lands of the Covenanters in Moray—Enters Elgin—Joined by
I .nril Gordon—Crones the Spey—plunders Cullen—Death of Lord Graham—Mon- trom ..."
3. The Buccaneers and Marooners of America: Being an Account of the Famous by Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin, Howard Pyle, Charles Johnson (1892)
"... and takes prizes—Narrowly escapes being taken—Sails for the Island Dominico—Another
escape—Sails for Newfoundland—plunders, sinks, and burns twenty-two ..."
4. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... rals John Wilson and Vandeleur are wounded—Mina plunders the Val de Baigorri—Is
beaten by the national guards—Passage of the .Nive and battles in front ..."
5. History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella by William Hickling Prescott (1885)
"He plunders the Works of Art.—Gonsalvo de Cordova.—His Brilliant Qualities.—Raised
to the Italian Command. —Battle of Seminara. ..."
6. History of the Late War, Between the United States and Great Britain by Henry Marie Brackenridge (1818)
"... plunders the coast of North Carolina'—Blockade of the American squadron at
New London, by commodore Hardy—The torpedo system. ..."
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