plunder

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈplʌndə/
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• General-American: plŭn'də r
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• General-American: /ˈplʌndɚ/
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• General-American: /ˈplɜn-/
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• rhymes with -ʌndə(ɹ)
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Recorded since 1632 during the Thirty Years War, native British use since the Cromwellian Civil War. Borrowed from German plündern (“to loot”), from Middle High German, from Middle Low German plunderen, from a noun originally meaning "household goods, bedding, clothing," of obscure ultimate origin. This is first attested in medieval records, and according to Gijsseling, is therefore attested too late to be considered a substrate word. Due to the lack of obvious cognates in other languages from which it would have been loaned, it could have developed as some slang word in Lower Saxony/the Low Countries. Cognate with Dutch plunderen, West Frisian plonderje, Saterland Frisian plunnerje. Probably denominal from a word for “household goods, clothes, bedding”; compare Middle Dutch plunder, German Plunder (“stuff”), Dutch and West Frisian plunje (“clothes”). The Philippine definition originates with the Anti-Plunder Act, an act of Congress enacted in 1991.

255 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: грабеж (grabež) — instance of plundering
• Bulgarian: обир (obir) — instance of plundering
• Dutch: plundering — instance of plundering
• Dutch: brandschatting — instance of plundering
• Finnish: ryöstö — instance of plundering
• French: pillage — instance of plundering
• German: Plünderung — instance of plundering
• Greek: πλιάτσικο (pliátsiko) — instance of plundering
• Greek: λεηλασία (leïlasía) — instance of plundering
• Greek: λαφυραγώγηση (lafyragógisi) — instance of plundering
• Greek: κούρσεμα (koúrsema) — instance of plundering
• Greek: διαγούμισμα (diagoúmisma) — instance of plundering
• Irish: argain — instance of plundering
• Italian: saccheggio — instance of plundering
• Italian: sacco — instance of plundering
• Korean: 약탈 (yaktal) — instance of plundering
• Latin: rapīna — instance of plundering
• Norwegian Bokmål: plyndring — instance of plundering
• Norwegian Nynorsk: plyndring — instance of plundering
• Persian: غارَت (ġârat) — instance of plundering
• Persian: تاراج (târâj) — instance of plundering
• Persian: چپاول (čapâvol) — instance of plundering
• Portuguese: saque — instance of plundering
• Portuguese: pilhagem — instance of plundering
• Russian: грабёж (grabjóž) — instance of plundering
• Russian: разграбле́ние (razgrablénije) — instance of plundering
• Spanish: saqueo — instance of plundering
• Spanish: pillaje — instance of plundering
• Spanish: expoliación — instance of plundering
• Swedish: plundring — instance of plundering
• Turkish: yağma — instance of plundering
• Turkish: talan — instance of plundering
• Ottoman Turkish: صویغون (soygun) — instance of plundering
• Ottoman Turkish: تاراج (tarac) — instance of plundering
• Ottoman Turkish: چاپول (çapul) — instance of plundering
• Armenian: ավար (avar) — loot attained by plundering
• Armenian: թալան (tʻalan) — loot attained by plundering
• Old Armenian: աւար (awar) — loot attained by plundering
• Old Armenian: ապուռ (apuṙ) — loot attained by plundering
• Aromanian: pradã — loot attained by plundering
• Aromanian: spolji — loot attained by plundering
• Aromanian: pljashcã — loot attained by plundering
• Bulgarian: плячка (pljačka) — loot attained by plundering
• Czech: lup — loot attained by plundering
• Czech: kořist — loot attained by plundering
• Dutch: buit — loot attained by plundering
• Dutch: plunderbuit — loot attained by plundering
• Finnish: ryöstösaalis — loot attained by plundering
• French: butin — loot attained by plundering
• German: Beute — loot attained by plundering
• German: Raubgut — loot attained by plundering
• Greek: λάφυρα (láfyra) — loot attained by plundering
• Greek: λεία (leía) — loot attained by plundering
• Ancient Greek: σκῦλα (skûla) — loot attained by plundering
• Ancient Greek: λάφυρα (láphura) — loot attained by plundering
• Ancient Greek: ἕλωρ (hélōr) — loot attained by plundering
• Hungarian: zsákmány — loot attained by plundering
• Irish: slad — loot attained by plundering
• Italian: bottino — loot attained by plundering
• Latin: praeda — loot attained by plundering
• Norwegian Bokmål: bytte — loot attained by plundering
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bytte — loot attained by plundering
• Portuguese: saque — loot attained by plundering
• Portuguese: butim — loot attained by plundering
• Romanian: pradă — loot attained by plundering
• Russian: награ́бленное добро́ (nagráblennoje dobró) — loot attained by plundering
• Russian: добы́ча (dobýča) — loot attained by plundering
• Russian: трофе́й (troféj) — loot attained by plundering
• Scottish Gaelic: creach — loot attained by plundering
• Serbo-Croatian: пле̑н — loot attained by plundering
• Serbo-Croatian: плије̑н — loot attained by plundering
• Serbo-Croatian: plȇn — loot attained by plundering
• Serbo-Croatian: plijȇn — loot attained by plundering
• Spanish: botín — loot attained by plundering
• Spanish: saqueo — loot attained by plundering
• Spanish: expolio — loot attained by plundering
• Spanish: despojo — loot attained by plundering
• Turkish: ganimet — loot attained by plundering
• Turkish: olca — loot attained by plundering
• Turkish: yağma — loot attained by plundering
• Turkish: çapul — loot attained by plundering
• Turkish: talan — loot attained by plundering
• Turkish: plaçka — loot attained by plundering
• Ottoman Turkish: چاپول (çapul) — loot attained by plundering
• Ottoman Turkish: تاراج (tarac) — loot attained by plundering
• Ottoman Turkish: پلاچقه (plaçka) — loot attained by plundering
• Ottoman Turkish: غنیمت (ganimet) — loot attained by plundering
• Arabic: سَلَبَ (salaba) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Arabic: نَهَبَ (nahaba) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Arabic: حَرَبَ (ḥaraba) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Armenian: կողոպտել (koġoptel) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Armenian: թալանել (tʻalanel) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Aromanian: prad — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Aromanian: mprad — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Aromanian: dispolj — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Azerbaijani: talamaq — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Azerbaijani: talan etmək — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Bulgarian: плячкосвам (pljačkosvam) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Catalan: pillar — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Catalan: saquejar — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Chinese Mandarin: 掠奪 /掠夺 (lüèduó) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Czech: vyplenit — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Czech: rabovat — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Dutch: plunderen — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Dutch: brandschatten — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Egyptian: HA-A-q:D40 (ḥꜣq) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Finnish: ryöstää — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• French: piller — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Georgian: ძარცვავს (ʒarcvavs) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Georgian: გლეჯს (gleǯs) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Georgian: იტაცებს (iṭacebs) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• German: ausplündern — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• German: plündern — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Greek: λεηλατώ (leïlató) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Greek: λαφυραγωγώ (lafyragogó) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Greek: διαγουμίζω (diagoumízo) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Greek: κουρσεύω (koursévo) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Ancient Greek: πορθέω (porthéō) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Ancient Greek: συλάω (suláō) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Ancient Greek: σκυλεύω (skuleúō) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Hebrew: בַּז (baz) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Hungarian: kifoszt — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Indonesian: menjarah — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Ingrian: rööstää — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Irish: slad — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Irish: creach — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Italian: saccheggiare — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Italian: depredare — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Italian: predare — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Italian: fare man bassa — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Japanese: 略奪する (ryakudatsu suru) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Latin: praedo — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Latin: expīlō — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Latin: populor — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Māori: whakarekereke — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Māori: pāhuahua — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Māori: pāhua — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Māori: pāhue — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Māori: tūkuku — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Māori: mūrei — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Māori: hone — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Māori: kōhunu — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Norwegian Bokmål: plyndre — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: plyndre — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Occitan: pilhar — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Occitan: saquejar — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Old English: strūdan — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Polish: łupić — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Polish: złupić — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Polish: grabić — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Polish: ograbić — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Polish: zagrabić — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Polish: obłupić — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Polish: plądrować — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Polish: splądrować — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Polish: rabować — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Polish: zrabować — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Polish: obrabować — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Portuguese: saquear — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Portuguese: pilhar — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Portuguese: bundar — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Punjabi: ਲੁੱਟਣਾ (luṭṭaṇā) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Romanian: prăda — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Romanian: despuia — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Russian: гра́бить (grábitʹ) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Scottish Gaelic: creach — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Spanish: saquear — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Spanish: pillar — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Spanish: expoliar — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Spanish: despojar — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Spanish: predar — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Spanish: prear — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Swedish: plundra — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Turkish: yağmalamak — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Turkish: talan etmek — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Ottoman Turkish: چاپوللامق (çapullamak) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Ukrainian: плюндрува́ти (pljundruváty) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Ukrainian: сплюндрува́ти (spljundruváty) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Ukrainian: поплюндрува́ти (popljundruváty) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Ukrainian: розграбо́вувати (rozhrabóvuvaty) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Ukrainian: розграбува́ти (rozhrabuváty) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Ukrainian: грабува́ти (hrabuváty) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Walloon: piyî — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Walloon: branscater — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Welsh: ysbeilio — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Yiddish: אַוועקגזלען (avekgazlen) — to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)
• Armenian: խլել (xlel) — to take by force or wrongfully
• Bulgarian: ограбвам (ograbvam) — to take by force or wrongfully
• Czech: loupit — to take by force or wrongfully
• Dutch: plunderen — to take by force or wrongfully
• Dutch: roven — to take by force or wrongfully
• Finnish: ryöstää — to take by force or wrongfully
• Georgian: ძარცვავს (ʒarcvavs) — to take by force or wrongfully
• Georgian: იტაცებს (iṭacebs) — to take by force or wrongfully
• German: plündern — to take by force or wrongfully
• Hungarian: fosztogat — to take by force or wrongfully
• Ingrian: rööstää — to take by force or wrongfully
• Italian: razziare — to take by force or wrongfully
• Māori: hui — to take by force or wrongfully
• Māori: pāhuahua — to take by force or wrongfully
• Māori: pāhua — to take by force or wrongfully
• Māori: pāhue — to take by force or wrongfully
• Māori: tūkuku — to take by force or wrongfully
• Māori: hone — to take by force or wrongfully
• Norwegian Bokmål: plyndre — to take by force or wrongfully
• Norwegian Nynorsk: plyndre — to take by force or wrongfully
• Portuguese: saquear — to take by force or wrongfully
• Portuguese: pilhar — to take by force or wrongfully
• Scottish Gaelic: creach — to take by force or wrongfully
• Spanish: saquear — to take by force or wrongfully
• Swedish: plundra — to take by force or wrongfully
• Turkish: gasp etmek — to take by force or wrongfully
• Ottoman Turkish: چاپوللامق (çapullamak) — to take by force or wrongfully
• Walloon: piyî — to take by force or wrongfully
• Walloon: haper — to take by force or wrongfully
• Armenian: կողոպտել (koġoptel) — to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)
• Armenian: թալանել (tʻalanel) — to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)
• Bulgarian: грабя (grabja) — to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)
• Dutch: plunderen — to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)
• Dutch: roven — to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)
• Finnish: ryöstää — to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)
• Georgian: იტაცებს (iṭacebs) — to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)
• Georgian: ძარცვავს (ʒarcvavs) — to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)
• Georgian: იპარავს (iṗaravs) — to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)
• German: plündern — to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)
• Greek: πλιατσικολογώ (pliatsikologó) — to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)
• Greek: λεηλατώ (leïlató) — to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)
• Hungarian: kirabol — to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)
• Ingrian: rööstää — to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)
• Irish: slad — to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)
• Italian: rapinare — to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)
• Norwegian Bokmål: plyndre — to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: plyndre — to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)
• Portuguese: pilhar — to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)
• Portuguese: saquear — to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)
• Scottish Gaelic: creach — to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)
• Spanish: saquear — to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)
• Swedish: plundra — to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)
• Turkish: çalmak — to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)
• Turkish: aşırmak — to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)
• Walloon: piyî — to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)
• Dutch: plunderen — to use or use up wrongfully
• Dutch: leegroven — to use or use up wrongfully
• Dutch: opgebruiken — to use or use up wrongfully
• Dutch: uitputten — to use or use up wrongfully
• Finnish: ryöstää — to use or use up wrongfully
• German: ausbeuten — to use or use up wrongfully
• German: ausplündern — to use or use up wrongfully
• Greek: καταληστεύω (katalistévo) — to use or use up wrongfully
• Hungarian: kifoszt — to use or use up wrongfully
• Italian: saccheggiare — to use or use up wrongfully
• Māori: whakarekereke — to use or use up wrongfully
• Spanish: saquear — to use or use up wrongfully
• Walloon: piyî — to use or use up wrongfully
• Walloon: forsipoujhî — to use or use up wrongfully