| VERB | possession | plunder, loot | take illegally |
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| possession | plunder, sack | plunder (a town) after capture | |
| possession | plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray | steal goods | |
| contact | plunder, rape, spoil, despoil, violate | destroy and strip of its possession | |
| NOUN | possession | plunder, loot, booty, pillage, prize, swag, dirty money | goods or money obtained illegally |
| Sounds | plah'nder | |
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| Rhymes | adder ... Zealander: 203 rhymes with der... | |
| Meaning | Goods or money obtained illegally. | |
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| Synonyms | loot, booty, pillage, prize, swag, dirty money | |
| Parts | cut | A share of the profits / profits |
| Broader | stolen property | Property that has been stolen |
| Spanish | botín, presa, sacomano, saqueo | |
| Catalan | botí, presa, roberia, saqueig | |
| Verbs | plunder | steal goods |
| plunder | plunder (a town) after capture | |
| plunder | take illegally | |
| Meaning | Take illegally; of intellectual property. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They plunder the goods | |
| Example | "This writer plundered from famous authors" | |
| Synonym | loot | |
| Category | crime, criminal offense, criminal offence, law-breaking | (criminal law) an act punishable by law |
| Broader | steal, rip off, rip | Take without the owner's consent |
| Spanish | pillar, piratear, plagiar, saquear | |
| Catalan | saquejar | |
| Nouns | plunder | goods or money obtained illegally |
| Meaning | plunder (a town) after capture. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | sack | |
| Entails | destroy, ruin | Destroy completely |
| Broader | take | Take by force |
| Spanish | pillar, saquear | |
| Catalan | pillar, saquejar | |
| Nouns | plunder | goods or money obtained illegally |
| plunderage | the act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard) | |
| plunderer | someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) | |
| plundering | the act of stealing valuable things from a place | |
| Meaning | steal goods; take as spoils. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray | |
| Narrower | deplume, displume | strip of honors, possessions, or attributes |
| Broader | take | Take by force |
| Spanish | despojar, desvalijar, expoliar, pillar, saquear | |
| Catalan | desvalisar, espoliar, expilar, saquejar | |
| Nouns | plunder | goods or money obtained illegally |
| plunderer | someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) | |
| plundering | the act of stealing valuable things from a place | |
| Meaning | Destroy and strip of its possession. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | rape, spoil, despoil, violate | |
| Broader | destroy, ruin | Destroy completely |
| Spanish | despojar, saquear | |
| Catalan | saquejar | |
| Nouns | plundering | the act of stealing valuable things from a place |
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