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as in possession
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transportable items that one owns
with all of our plunder in the pickup, we headed for the state that bills itself as the Last Frontier
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Recent Examples of plunder
Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Swiss zoologists, botanists, engineers, priests and nuns from missionary societies, merchants and rentier businesspeople, warlords and mercenaries ventured out to participate in plunder and looting as adjuncts or sidekicks of the stronger world powers and financiers.
—Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
In 1538, during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the medieval statue of Our Lady of Walsingham (a classic Madonna and child) was plundered then lost to time.
—Lamorna Ash, The Dial, 6 May 2025
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Noun
The revisionists aim to create an environment primed for expansion and plunder.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Swiss zoologists, botanists, engineers, priests and nuns from missionary societies, merchants and rentier businesspeople, warlords and mercenaries ventured out to participate in plunder and looting as adjuncts or sidekicks of the stronger world powers and financiers.
—Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
Verb
The Bucks likely wouldn’t stop there, perhaps looking to plunder young players such as Ayo Dosunmu and Matas Buzelis to flesh out a restart without Antetokounmpo.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
In 1538, during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the medieval statue of Our Lady of Walsingham (a classic Madonna and child) was plundered then lost to time.
—Lamorna Ash, The Dial, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plunder
Noun
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The game also featured loot boxes filled with character trophies based on Disney properties, which would give abilities to the player character and could be upgraded over time.—
Oliver Brandt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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Current dungeons only reward loot on encounter completion in the form of a single chest drop, which can be either a weapon or armor.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Leo Tate, 31, was charged with burglary and drug possession, parish records show.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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But great to a low possession team looking to do damage during a transition.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
Verb
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On Sunday, the editorial staff of Télé Pluriel in the Delmas 19 neighborhood, said heavily armed gang members had broken through the station’s main barrier sometime during the night and set fire to its premises while also pillaging their offices.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2025
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Uh uh, method dressing is forever, at least for Timothée Chalamet—until the next role-of-a-lifetime comes along, or the parcels of Bob Dylan ephemera pillaged from the online auction houses stop coming through the young actor’s door that is.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
16 Mar. 2025
Verb
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It was sent to Arron Lambert, the shop’s owner, in January 2022, a month before the Argentinian was sacked.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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The 166-year-old St. Francis College in New York City, has sacked a quarter of its staff.—
Jon Marcus,
NPR,
18 May 2025
Noun
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As a business owner, higher profit margins, all other things being equal, are more valuable.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
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But subtle little things — developments unlikely to make headlines – can also be big winners.—
Dewayne Bevil,
Orlando Sentinel,
28 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Anderson prefers to characterize Loewe as a cultural brand rather than a luxury one, finding the latter term despoiled.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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Growth in Africa must be clean, both in terms of generating energy and not despoiling the continent’s landscape and natural resources.—
Jack A. Goldstone,
Foreign Affairs,
18 May 2023
Noun
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That leaves the only hassle being the loss of use of your car, and the need to keep it clean and empty (no keeping stuff in it, though even that can be handled.—
Brad Templeton,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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The music supervisor turned me on to them, gave me a bunch of stuff.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
23 May 2025
Verb
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Wildlife biologists in Florida documented a bobcat raiding a python nest back in 2021.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
19 May 2025
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Khartoum was founded as a slave market, in 1821, and Arabs continued to raid southern areas, including the Nuba Mountains, for human chattel long after the practice was outlawed, in 1924.—
Nicolas Niarchos,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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“Plunder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plunder. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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