plunder

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.

   “The mercenaries plundered the small town.”

2. fiil To take (goods) by pillage.

   “The mercenaries plundered all the goods they found.”

3. fiil To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.

   ““Now to plunder, mateys!” screamed a buccaneer, to cries of “Arrgh!” and “Aye!” all around.”

4. fiil To make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully.

   “The miners plundered the jungle for its diamonds till it became a muddy waste.”

5. fiil To take unexpectedly.

   “The Serb teed up Steve Davis, who crossed low for Graziano Pellè to plunder his fifth league goal of the campaign.”

6. isim An instance of plundering.
7. isim The loot attained by plundering.

   “The Hessian kept his choicest plunder in a sack that never left his person, for fear that his comrades would steal it.”

8. isim Baggage; luggage.

   “[…] till a long-legged boy brought him out of his revery, by an offer to carry his “plunder,” in whatsoever direction he might desire to direct his steps.”

9. isim The crime of amassing ill-gotten wealth by public officials through a combination or series of overt criminal acts.