plunder
stolen goods
TRANSLATION
plunder (noun) = Beute, Raubgut plunder (verb) = plündern, rauben, brandschatzen, ausplündern, ausräubern
STATISTICS
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GOOGLE INDEX
plunder: approximately 11,200,000 Google hits
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The greatest of highland armies met at Ardtornish castle, they marched inland and north, defeated the Mackays of Sutherland and were promised the PLUNDER of Aberdeen.
plunder: approximately 11,200,000 Google hits
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The greatest of highland armies met at Ardtornish castle, they marched inland and north, defeated the Mackays of Sutherland and were promised the PLUNDER of Aberdeen.
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plunder
noun
- property acquired illegally and violently
verb
- to steal goods from (a place or person), typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder
(Oxford Dictionary)
Plunder can be used either as a verb, to steal goods violently, or as a noun to refer to the goods being stolen.
The Vikings were famous for acquiring lots of plunder for instance. Even today, one might see riots taking someplace in the world where people plunder the shops and stores.
Plunder can also be non-violent, but yet destructive, such as when someone plunders a personal bank account or siphons off money from a company's books.
The term plunder is from the 17th century and derives from the German plündern and Middle High German plunderen, literally meaning to take away household furniture, household goods, clothes or even lumber. The modern German Plunder can refer to lumber or deadwood, trash, junk or generally stuff and trinkets found in a house.
The word plunder was apparently adopted by the English during the Thirty Years War and then used after the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642.
An interesting use of this word is "plunderbund," which is a league of commercial, political, or financial interests that exploits the public. This is an Americanism that surfaced in 1914 and which stems from plunder and "bund," a German noun for an alliance or association.
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SYNONYMS
noun
booty, goods, loot, pickings, spoil, the take, winnings
verb
fleece, gut, lift, maraud, lay waste to, loot, pillage, raid, ransack, sack, rip off
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation:
"Hackers stole thousands of customer addresses and sold the plunder to an Asian competitor"
noun
- property acquired illegally and violently
verb
- to steal goods from (a place or person), typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder
(Oxford Dictionary)
Plunder can be used either as a verb, to steal goods violently, or as a noun to refer to the goods being stolen.
The Vikings were famous for acquiring lots of plunder for instance. Even today, one might see riots taking someplace in the world where people plunder the shops and stores.
Plunder can also be non-violent, but yet destructive, such as when someone plunders a personal bank account or siphons off money from a company's books.
The term plunder is from the 17th century and derives from the German plündern and Middle High German plunderen, literally meaning to take away household furniture, household goods, clothes or even lumber. The modern German Plunder can refer to lumber or deadwood, trash, junk or generally stuff and trinkets found in a house.
The word plunder was apparently adopted by the English during the Thirty Years War and then used after the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642.
An interesting use of this word is "plunderbund," which is a league of commercial, political, or financial interests that exploits the public. This is an Americanism that surfaced in 1914 and which stems from plunder and "bund," a German noun for an alliance or association.
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SYNONYMS
noun
booty, goods, loot, pickings, spoil, the take, winnings
verb
fleece, gut, lift, maraud, lay waste to, loot, pillage, raid, ransack, sack, rip off
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation:
"Hackers stole thousands of customer addresses and sold the plunder to an Asian competitor"
