plunderer
plunder
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈplʌn.dər/ us /ˈplʌn.dɚ/
an occasion when goods are stolen from a place, especially violently or during a war, or these stolen goods: 抢劫;抢劫之物
Residents in the villages under attack have been unable to protect their homes from plunder.受到袭击的村民已无法保护自己的家不被抢劫。
The thieves hid their plunder in the woodshed.窃贼们把他们抢劫来的东西藏在了柴棚里。
a situation in which something is taken in a way that is not morally right or is too extreme: 盗窃;侵吞
We need to put a stop to the plunder of the rain forest.我们要制止对热带雨林的掠夺性砍伐。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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abscond with someone/something
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job
piratically
poach
poaching
porch piracy
purloin
rustle
rustling
snaffle
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Taking things away from someone or somewhere

plunder | American Dictionary

plunder
verb[ I/T ]
us/ˈplʌn·dər/
to steal goods forcefully from a place, esp. during a war:
[ I ]After the battle the soldiers began looting and plundering.
[ T ]fig. He plundered (= took from) his ballet scores in writing his later operas.

plunder

noun[ U ]us/ˈplʌn·dər/
We met after school and divided our plunder so each boy would have about the same amount.

plunder | Business English

plunder
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈplʌndər/us
to steal or take large amounts of money or goods from a place:
A lawsuit is being launched against him claiming that he and his associates have plundered more than $300m from the company over the years.
Years of military rule have plundered the nation's wealth.
plunder
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈplʌndər/us
the act of stealing or taking large amounts of money or goods from a place:
Small firms are often seen as ripe for plunder.
corporate/economic/financial plunder

Examples of plunder

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The more familiar colonial strategy of conquest and plunder always loomed in the background as perhaps an easier option.
If it was harvest time, they stole the corn; and if alms were refused, they punished the owners by plundering their granaries at night.
Over generations the plunder of this resource has severely depleted natural stocks.
Often there is a need to give something back to an environment; a reciprocal relationship, not simply a one-way plunder.
Looters can use the cleared areas as easy access to plunder the ruins.
Poligars derived their revenue partly from plunder and partly from land rents and duties.
In their absence, their house was plundered of everything.
Memory cannot always be a sanctuary, for others force their way in and plunder its images.
Conversely, was plunder the only motivator for the urban "nobility" of the oases towns and tribes of the peninsula?
The only possible recourse is to wholesale coinage (starting with the titular category itself) and plunder (from classical rhetoric, speech-act theory, structuralism, deconstruction).
The desire for plunder as a motive for war is not to be underestimated.
Well-stocked shops ran the risk of being plundered, and traders ran the risk of being attacked if they travelled to villages without a military convoy.
Environmentalists fear that high indebtedness induces developing countries to plunder their natural resources and engage in unsustainable resource harvesting.
In fourteen years of plunder and repression, every significant political and civic institution had been demeaned or destroyed.
The thugs' neighbours did after all share in the plunder and wealth they brought into the community, directly or indirectly.
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