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plun·der (plŭn′dər)
v. plun·dered, plun·der·ing, plun·ders
v.tr.
1. To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war;
pillage: plunder a village.
2. To seize wrongfully or by force; steal: plundered the
supplies.
v.intr.
To take booty; rob.
n.
1. The act or practice of plundering.
2. Property stolen by fraud or force; booty.
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[German plündern, from Middle High German plundern,

from Middle Low German plunder, household goods.]

plun′der·a·ble adj.
plun′der·er n.
plun′der·ous adj.

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Noun 1. plunderer - someone who takes

spoils or plunder (as in war)

≡ despoiler, freebooter,
looter, pillager, raider, spoiler

↔ war, warfare - the waging

of armed conflict against an
enemy; "thousands of people
were killed in the war"

↔ buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover, pirate -

someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from
the sea without having a commission from any
sovereign nation

↔ stealer, thief - a criminal who takes property

belonging to someone else with the intention of
keeping it or selling it

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2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

Translations Spanish / Español

predador

plunderer [ˈplʌndərəʳ] N → saqueador(a) m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th

Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 ©
HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

plunder (ˈplandə) verb

to rob or steal from (a place). The soldiers plundered and
looted (the city).saquear, pillar
noun
the things stolen. They ran off with their plunder.botín
ˈplunderer noun
saqueador

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Even here they are subject to occasional visits from their

implacable foes, as long as they have horses, or any other
property to tempt the plunderer. Thus by degrees the
Snakes have become a scattered, broken-spirited,
impoverished people; keeping about lonely rivers and
mountain streams, and subsisting chiefly upon fish.
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It would be superfluous to go through all particulars; for the
rule of conduct which the tyrant ought to pursue is evident
enough, and that is, to affect to appear not the tyrant, but the
king; the guardian of those he governs, not their plunderer,
[1315b] but their protector, and to affect the middle rank in
life, not one superior to all others: he should, therefore,

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