Meaning of "plunder" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLUNDER

Probably from Dutch plunderen (originally: to plunder household goods); compare Middle High German plunder bedding, household goods.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PLUNDER

plunder  [ˈplʌndə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLUNDER

Plunder is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb plunder in English.

WHAT DOES PLUNDER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Looting

Looting, also referred to as sacking, 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 corrupt or greedy authorities. 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 of luxury or not necessary for survival such as art work, precious metals or other valuables. The proceeds of all these activities can be described as loot, plunder, spoils, or pillage.

Definition of plunder in the English dictionary

The first definition of plunder in the dictionary is to steal from by force, esp in time of war; loot. Other definition of plunder is to rob or steal from. Plunder is also anything taken by plundering or theft; booty.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PLUNDER

PRESENT

Present

I plunder

you plunder

he/she/it plunders

we plunder

you plunder

they plunder

Present continuous

I am plundering

you are plundering

he/she/it is plundering

we are plundering

you are plundering

they are plundering

Present perfect

I have plundered

you have plundered

he/she/it has plundered

we have plundered

you have plundered

they have plundered

Present perfect continuous

I have been plundering

you have been plundering

he/she/it has been plundering

we have been plundering

you have been plundering

they have been plundering

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I plundered

you plundered

he/she/it plundered

we plundered

you plundered

they plundered

Past continuous

I was plundering

you were plundering

he/she/it was plundering

we were plundering

you were plundering

they were plundering

Past perfect

I had plundered

you had plundered

he/she/it had plundered

we had plundered

you had plundered

they had plundered

Past perfect continuous

I had been plundering

you had been plundering

he/she/it had been plundering

we had been plundering

you had been plundering

they had been plundering

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will plunder

you will plunder

he/she/it will plunder

we will plunder

you will plunder

they will plunder

Future continuous

I will be plundering

you will be plundering

he/she/it will be plundering

we will be plundering

you will be plundering

they will be plundering

Future perfect

I will have plundered

you will have plundered

he/she/it will have plundered

we will have plundered

you will have plundered

they will have plundered

Future perfect continuous

I will have been plundering

you will have been plundering

he/she/it will have been plundering

we will have been plundering

you will have been plundering

they will have been plundering

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would plunder

you would plunder

he/she/it would plunder

we would plunder

you would plunder

they would plunder

Conditional continuous

I would be plundering

you would be plundering

he/she/it would be plundering

we would be plundering

you would be plundering

they would be plundering

Conditional perfect

I would have plunder

you would have plunder

he/she/it would have plunder

we would have plunder

you would have plunder

they would have plunder

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been plundering

you would have been plundering

he/she/it would have been plundering

we would have been plundering

you would have been plundering

they would have been plundering

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you plunder
we let´s plunder
you plunder

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to plunder

Past participle

plundered

Present Participle

plundering

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «PLUNDER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «plunder» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of plunder

booty · despoil · devastate · embezzle · ill-gotten gains · knock off · loot · marauding · nick · pilfer · pillage · pinch · prey · raid · ransack · rapine · ravage · rifle · rob · robbery · sack · sacking · spoil · spoils · spoliation · steal · strip · swag · take · thieve · trouser

TRANSLATION OF PLUNDER

Find out the translation of plunder to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of plunder from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «plunder» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 掠夺
• Translator English - Spanish: saquear
• English: plunder
• Translator English - Hindi: लूट
• Translator English - Arabic: النهب
• Translator English - Russian: грабеж
• Translator English - Portuguese: pilhar
• Translator English - Bengali: লুঠতরাজ
• Translator English - French: piller
• Translator English - Malay: Rampasan
• Translator English - German: plündern
• Translator English - Japanese: 略奪する
• Translator English - Korean: 약탈하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Ngrampas
• Translator English - Vietnamese: lợi nhỏ
• Translator English - Tamil: கொள்ளை
• Translator English - Marathi: लूट
• Translator English - Turkish: yağma
• Translator English - Italian: saccheggiare
• Translator English - Polish: grabież
• Translator English - Ukrainian: грабіж
• Translator English - Romanian: jaf
• Translator English - Greek: λεηλασία
• Translator English - Afrikaans: buit
• Translator English - Swedish: plundring
• Translator English - Norwegian: plyndring

10 QUOTES WITH «PLUNDER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word plunder.

1

Jon Lee Anderson

I think in a sense this is a house that was built on a bad foundation. And the foundation was the Americans coming here and allowing the sacking, burning and plunder of Baghdad, for whatever reason.

2

George Ayittey

Dictators cause the world's worst problems: all the collapsed states, and all the devastated economies. All the vapid cases of corruption, grand theft, and naked plunder of the treasury are caused by dictators, leaving in their wake trails of wanton destruction, horrendous carnage and human debris.

3

Richard Francis Burton

Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may blunder or plunder.

4

Giraldus Cambrensis

Not addicted to gluttony or drunkenness, this people who incur no expense in food or dress, and whose minds are always bent upon the defence of their country, and on the means of plunder, are wholly employed in the care of their horses and furniture.

5

John White Geary

The roads are filled with armed robbers, and murders for mere plunder are of daily occurrence.

6

Oliver Goldsmith

Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.

7

Glenn Greenwald

An elite class that is free to operate without limits - whether limits imposed by the rule of law or fear of the responses from those harmed by their behavior - is an elite class that will plunder, degrade, and cheat at will, and act endlessly to fortify its own power.

8

James P. Hoffa

As president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, I have seen private equity firms plunder company after company, taking rich fees for themselves and cutting costs until there's nothing left to cut. Time and again I've seen their reckless behavior drive companies to declare bankruptcy.

9

Kim Jong Il

Imperialist aid is a noose of plunder and subjugation, aimed at robbing 10 and even 100 things for one thing that is given.

10

Pete Laney

'Reform' is pillage and plunder if you're against it, and it's good government if you're for it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLUNDER»

Discover the use of plunder in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plunder and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Plunder: When the Rule of Law is Illegal

This thought-provoking text is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary law, politics, and social justice.

Ugo Mattei, Laura Nader, 2008

The Vikings: Voyagers of Discovery and Plunder

This book includes material about the Vikings in North America and the lives the Viking led at home.

‎2006

Art as Plunder: The Ancient Origins of Debate about Cultural ...

This book examines the ancient origins of debate about art as cultural property.

Margaret M. Miles, 2008

Protect Or Plunder?: Understanding Intellectual Property Rights

Yet, as Vandana Shiva shows, what kinds of ideas, technologies, identification of genes, even manipulations of life forms can be owned and exploited for profit by giant corporations is a vital issue for our times.

Vandana Shiva, 2001

Trade, Plunder and Settlement: Maritime Enterprise and the ...

Traces the maritime expansion of England through descriptions of a multitude of sea voyages from 1480 through 1630.

Kenneth R. Andrews, 1984

Plunder: Investigating Our Economic Calamity and the ...

Schechter calls for an investigation of those behind the engineered subprime scheme and indicts the regulators who enabled the crisis and the media that missed it.

Danny Schechter, 2008

The Congo: Plunder and Resistance

At the start of a new millennium, this book argues that the West has plundered Africa to its own advantage and that unrestrained global capitalism threatens to remake the entire world, bringing violence and destruction in the name of profit ...

David Renton, David Seddon, Leo Zeilig, 2007

Wars of Plunder: Conflicts, Profits and the Politics of ...

In Wars of Plunder Philippe Le Billon explores how resources have shaped recent conflicts, and what the international community has tried to do about it.

Philippe Le Billon, 2013

Nazi Plunder: Great Treasure Stories of World War II

The story of these celebrated works of art and other vanished treasures--and the mystery of where they went--is a remarkable tale of greed, fraud, deceit, and treachery.

Kenneth D. Alford, 2003

The Politics of Plunder: Aitolians and Their Koinon in the ...

This text examines the political history of the Aitolian 'koinon' in its era of expansion.

Joseph B. Scholten, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLUNDER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term plunder is used in the context of the following news items.

VP camp taunts Abad on plunder

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Income Inequality and Legal Plunder

chart Fueled, in part, by the Pope's passionate appeals, the campaign to reduce income inequality is growing rapidly around the globe. «Acton Institute, Jul 15»

Bears are stalking cemeteries in Siberia as hungry animals plunder …

Mourners in Siberia have been warned to be extra vigilant when visiting cemeteries in the remote Russian area after several cases of wild ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

Return of furniture classics as design firms plunder the archives

Return of furniture classics as design firms plunder the archives. Caroline Kamp. Share. Print; Clip; Gift Article. Comments. The work of ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»

The only conspiracy is the conspiracy to PLUNDER the nation's …

"The only people who will be prejudiced by the exposes are the parties whose hands are tainted by their complicity in this conspiracy to plunder ... «Malaysia Chronicle, Jul 15»

Butch Abad faces plunder rap over Corona ouster

MANILA, Philippines — A lawyer filed on Thursday a plunder complaint against Budget Secretary Florencio "Butch" Abad before the Office of ... «Banat, Jul 15»

VIDEO - Vikings plunder Scrabster in quick raid

SCRABSTER was under siege from a Norse “invasion” as over 20 vikings sailed across the Pentland Firth to plunder locals' beer and money… «John O'Groat Journal, Jul 15»

Abad charged with plunder

A former president of the Philippine Constitution Association has filed plunder, corruption, and malversation charges before the Ombudsman ... «Tempo, Jul 15»

Budget chief Abad faces plunder, graft cases over DAP release

(Updated 1:48 p.m.) Budget Secretary Florencio "Butch" Abad is facing another plunder case before the Office of the Ombudsman in connection ... «GMA News, Jul 15»