plunder
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "plunder"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϞ⧁āϟāĻĒāĻžāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to steal goods from a place or person, especially during times of war, chaos, or civil disorder
Transitive: to plunder a place
to plunder definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Historical accounts describe how invaders would plunder villages and towns during conflicts.
āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϰāĻž āϏāĻ‚āϘāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ“ āĻļāĻšāϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϞ⧁āϟ āĻ•āϰāϤāĨ¤
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āϞ⧁āϟāĻĒāĻžāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to take material from artistic or academic work and use it for one's own purposes, often without permission
Transitive: to plunder intellectual property
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Some students plundered information from textbooks and passed it off as their own.
āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€ āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§āϝāĻĒ⧁āĻ¸ā§āϤāĻ• āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āϞ⧁āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻž āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϞ⧁āϟāĻĒāĻžāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to engage in theft or looting, usually in a violent or chaotic manner
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They began to plunder when the guards were distracted by the fire.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻšāϰ⧀āϰāĻž āφāϗ⧁āύ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻšāϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϞ⧁āϟāĻĒāĻžāϟ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϞ⧁āϟāĻĒāĻžāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to steal goods, often by force, especially during times of chaos or disorder
Transitive: to plunder goods and valuables
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The army marched in and began to plunder the town's treasures.
āϏ⧇āύāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāύ⧀ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āϞ⧁āĻŖā§āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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property or valuables taken illegally, especially by force or during wartime

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Soldiers returned home with wagons full of plunder.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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