plunder
English
/ˈplʌndə(ɹ)/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
- (transitive) To take (goods) by pillage.
- (intransitive) To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.
- (transitive) To make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully.
- (transitive) To take unexpectedly.
Etymology
Derived from German plündern (loot) derived from Middle Low German plunderen.
Origin
Middle Low German
plunderen
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fish English
- plunderable English
- plunderage English
- plunderer English
- plunderess English
- plundereth English
- plunderfish English
- plunderous English
- plundersome English
- Plünderer German
- plündern German
- plunder Dutch, Flemish
- plunderaar Dutch, Flemish
- plunderen Dutch, Flemish
- plundering Dutch, Flemish
- plundertocht Dutch, Flemish
- plyndre Norwegian Bokmål
- plyndra Norwegian Nynorsk
- plyndre Norwegian Nynorsk
- plyndre Danish
- plonderen Middle Dutch
- plunder Middle Dutch
- plundern Middle High German
- plënneren Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- plunderen Middle Low German