plunder

See also: Plunder

§English

§Etymology

Recorded since 1632 (during the Thirty Years War, native British use since the Cromwellian Civil War), from Hutterisch plunderen (“to plunder, originally "to take away household furniture"”) (Dutch plunderen) from plunder (“household goods, clothes; lumber, baggage”); akin to Middle Dutch plunder (“household goods”), West Frisian plunje and Dutch plunje (“clothes”).

§Pronunciation

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• enPR: plŭn'də(r), IPA^(key): /ˈplʌndə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ʌndə(ɹ)

§Verb

plunder (third-person singular simple present plunders, present participle plundering, simple past and past participle plundered)

1. (transitive) To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.

   The mercenaries plundered the small town.

   The shopkeeper was plundered of his possessions by the burglar.

2. (transitive) To take (goods) by pillage.

   The mercenaries plundered all the goods they found.

3. (intransitive) To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.

   "Now to plunder, mateys!" screamed a buccaneer, to cries of "Arrgh!" and "Aye!" all around.

4. (transitive) To make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully.

   The miners plundered the jungle for its diamonds till it became a muddy waste.

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   • 2014, Paul Doyle, "Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian, 18 October 2014:

     The Serb teed up Steve Davis, who crossed low for Graziano Pellè to plunder his fifth league goal of the campaign.

§Derived terms

• plunderable
• plunderage
• plunderer
• plunderous

§Translations

to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)

• Aromanian: prad, mprad
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 掠奪, 掠夺 (zh) (lüèduó)

• Czech: vyplenit
• Dutch: plunderen (nl), brandschatten (nl)
• Finnish: ryöstää (fi)
• French: piller (fr)
• German: ausplündern, plündern (de)
• Greek: λεηλατώ (el) (leilató), λαφυραγωγώ (el) (lafyragogó), διαγουμίζω (el) (diagoumízo), κουρσεύω (el) (koursévo)
• Hungarian: kifoszt (hu)
• Indonesian: menjarah (id)
• Italian: saccheggiare, depredare (it), predare, fare man bassa

• Japanese: 略奪する (ja) (りゃくだつする, ryakudatsu suru)
• Latin: praedo
• Maori: whakarekereke, pāhuahua, pāhua, pāhue, tūkuku, mūrei
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: plyndre (no)

  Nynorsk: plyndre

• Portuguese: saquear (pt), pilhar (pt)
• Romanian: prăda (ro)
• Russian: грабить (ru) impf (grábitʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: creach
• Spanish: saquear
• Swedish: plundra (sv)
• Walloon: piyî (wa), branscater

to take by force or wrongfully

• Czech: loupit (cs)
• Dutch: plunderen (nl), roven (nl)
• Finnish: ryöstää (fi)
• German: plündern (de)
• Hungarian: fosztogat (hu)
• Italian: fare piazza pulita (it), razziare
• Maori: hui, pāhuahua, pāhua, pāhue, tūkuku

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: plyndre (no)

  Nynorsk: plyndre

• Portuguese: saquear (pt), pilhar (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: creach
• Spanish: saquear
• Swedish: plundra (sv)
• Walloon: piyî (wa), haper (wa)

to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)

• Dutch: plunderen (nl), roven (nl)
• Finnish: ryöstää (fi)
• German: plündern (de)
• Greek: πλιατσικολογώ (el) (pliatsikologó), λεηλατώ (el) (leilató)
• Hungarian: kirabol (hu)
• Italian: rapinare (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: plyndre (no)

  Nynorsk: plyndre

• Portuguese: pilhar (pt), saquear (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: creach
• Spanish: saquear
• Swedish: plundra (sv)
• Walloon: piyî (wa)

to use or use up wrongfully

• Dutch: plunderen (nl), leegroven, opgebruiken (nl), uitputten (nl)
• Finnish: ryöstää (fi)
• German: ausbeuten, ausplündern
• Greek: καταληστεύω (katalistévo)

• Hungarian: kifoszt (hu)
• Italian: saccheggiare
• Spanish: saquear
• Walloon: piyî (wa), forsipoujhî (wa)

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• French: ^{(please verify)} piller (fr), ^{(please verify)} ravager (fr)

§Noun

plunder (uncountable)

1. An instance of plundering
2. The loot attained by plundering

   The Hessian kept his choicest plunder in a sack that never left his person, for fear that his comrades would steal it.

3. (slang, dated) baggage; luggage

§Translations

instance of plundering

• Dutch: plundering, brandschatting
• Finnish: ryöstö (fi)
• French: pillage (fr) m
• German: Plünderung (de) f
• Greek: πλιάτσικο (el) n (pliátsiko), λεηλασία (el) f (leilasía), λαφυραγώγηση (el) f (lafyragógisi), κούρσεμα (el) n (koúrsema), διαγούμισμα (el) n (diagoúmisma)
• Italian: saccheggio (it) m, sacco (it) m

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: plyndring (no) m, f

  Nynorsk: plyndring f

• Portuguese: saque (pt) m, pilhagem f
• Russian: грабёж (ru) m (grabjóž), разграбление (ru) n (razgrablénije)
• Swedish: plundring c

loot attained by plundering

• Armenian: ավար (avar), թալան (tʿalan)

  Old Armenian: աւար (awar), ապուռ (apuṙ)

• Aromanian: pradã f, spolji
• Czech: lup (cs) m, kořist f
• Dutch: buit (nl), plunderbuit
• Finnish: ryöstösaalis
• German: Beute (de) f, Raubgut n
• Greek: λάφυρα n pl (láfyra), λεία (el) f (leía)
• Hungarian: zsákmány (hu)
• Italian: bottino (it) m

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bytte (no) n

  Nynorsk: bytte n

• Portuguese: saque (pt) f, butim (pt) m
• Romanian: pradă (ro)
• Russian: награбленное добро n (nagráblennoje dobró), добыча (ru) f (dobýča), трофей (ru) m pl (troféi)
• Serbo-Croatian: плен m, плијен m
• Scottish Gaelic: creach f
• Spanish: botín (es), saqueo (es)

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§Dutch

§Etymology 1

Germanic, from Middle Dutch, cognate with the other etymology, English to plunder, German plündern and Swedish plundra

§Alternative forms

• plonder (obsolete)

§Noun

plunder c (plural plunders, diminutive plundertje n)

1. One's property, (collective) possessions,
   1. Notably furniture and other (mainly small) home inventory

§Synonyms

• have (en goed), huisraad

§Derived terms

• plunderage
• geplunderd (adjective)
• plunderij
• plunderbroek
• plunderkamer m, f
• plundermarkt m, f
• plundermelk m, f
• plunderzolder m
• bedelaarsplunder ?m

§Etymology 2

cognate with the above and English to plunder

§Verb

plunder

1. first-person singular present indicative of plunderen
2. imperative of plunderen