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plundered

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plun·der  (plndr)
v. plun·dered, plun·der·ing, plun·ders
v.tr.
1. To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; pillage: plunder a village.
2. To seize wrongfully or by force; steal: plundered the supplies.
v.intr.
To take booty; rob.
n.
1. The act or practice of plundering.
2. Property stolen by fraud or force; booty.
[German plündern, from Middle High German plundern, from Middle Low German plunder, household goods.]
plunder·a·ble adj.
plunder·er n.
plunder·ous adj.
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Adj.1.plundered - wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value; "the robbers left the looted train"; "people returned to the plundered village"
looted, pillaged, ransacked
empty - holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"


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A ROBBER who had plundered a Merchant of one thousand pieces of gold was taken before the Cadi, who asked him if he had anything to say why he should not be decapitated.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
All the exploits of this lady of fame, in her depredations upon mankind, stand as so many warnings to honest people to beware of them, intimating to them by what methods innocent people are drawn in, plundered and robbed, and by consequence how to avoid them.
The Fortunes & Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders by Defoe, Daniel View in context
It happened that an Isosceles of a low type, with a brain little if at all above four degrees -- accidentally dabbling in the colours of some Tradesman whose shop he had plundered -- painted himself, or caused himself to be painted (for the story varies) with the twelve colours of a Dodecagon.
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