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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