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plundering
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plunder
v.
steal, rob, pillage; embezzle, defraud
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Looting
Looting, also referred to as sacking, ransacking, plundering, despoiling, despoliation, and pillaging, is the indiscriminate taking of goods by force as part of a military or political victory, or during a catastrophe, such as war, natural disaster, or rioting. The term is also used in a broader sense to describe egregious instances of theft and embezzlement, such as the "plundering" of private or public assets by governments. Looting is loosely distinguished from scavenging in terms of objects taken: scavenging implies taking of essential items such as food, water, shelter, or other material needed for survival while looting implies items not necessary for survival such as luxury goods, art work, precious metals or other assorted items of value to the looters. The proceeds of all these activities can be described as loot, plunder, spoils, or pillage.
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plundering
Noun
1. the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"
(synonym) pillage, pillaging
(hypernym) aggression, hostility
(hyponym) banditry
(derivation) sack, plunder
Adjective
1. given to taking by force what is desired
(similar) acquisitive
plunder
Noun
1. goods or money obtained illegally
(synonym) loot, booty, pillage, prize, swag, dirty money
(hypernym) stolen property
(part-meronym) cut
(derivation) loot
Verb
1. take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer plundered from famous authors"
(synonym) loot
(hypernym) steal
(derivation) loot, booty, pillage, prize, swag, dirty money
(classification) crime, law-breaking
2. plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome"
(synonym) sack
(hypernym) take
(entail) destroy, ruin
(derivation) plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter
3. steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
(synonym) despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
(hypernym) take
(hyponym) deplume, displume
(derivation) plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter
4. destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
(synonym) rape, spoil, despoil, violate
(hypernym) destroy, ruin
(derivation) plundering, pillage, pillaging
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plundering (de)
n.
pillage, sack, loot, spoliation, marauding, depredation, ravage, ravin
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plunder
v.
drancovat
