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noun
The embezzlement of goods on shipboard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law, maritime, nautical, transport
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noun
the act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation
History
Etymology tree English plunder Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English plunderage From plunder + -age.
