Another word for plunder | Synonyms for plunder

Another word for plunder

plunder Synonyms

plunder

n.

booty, loot, winnings, spoil; see booty. See syn. study at booty.

plunder Synonyms

plunder

v.

loot, rob, despoil, pillage; see raid, ravage, rob. See syn. study at ravage.

Search Thesaurus

WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"plunder." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/plunder>.

APA Style

plunder. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/plunder

Another word for plunder

verb

To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war:

depredate, despoil, havoc, loot, pillage, ransack, rape, ravage, sack², spoliate, strip¹. (Archaic) harrow, spoil. See crimes, give

noun

Goods or property seized unlawfully, especially by a victor in wartime:

booty, loot, pillage, spoil (used in plural). (Slang) boodle. (Nautical) prize². See crimes, give

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"plunder." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/plunder>.

APA Style

plunder. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/plunder

SentencesSentence examples

Sentence Examples

Athenion sent him with some troops to Delos, to plunder the treasures of the temple, but he showed little military capacity.
Marcellus gave the city up to plunder (Liv.
He was even charged with plotting with his Epirot ally to plunder Delphi.
Here as at Tarutino they went after plunder, leaving the men.
As a rule they are orderly and law-abiding, but traditions of plunder have been handed down to them from early times, and many of them retain the predatory instincts of their forefathers.

Also Mentioned In

WORDS NEAR plunder IN THE THESAURUS