plundering

plundering
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  • plundering — index burglary, foray, havoc, housebreaking, larcenous, predatory, rapacious, robbery, spoliation …   Law dictionary

  • plundering — I noun the act of stealing valuable things from a place the plundering of the Parthenon his plundering of the great authors • Syn: ↑pillage, ↑pillaging • Derivationally related forms: ↑pillage ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • Plundering — Plunder Plun der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plundered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plundering}.] [G. pl[ u]ndern to plunder, plunder frippery, baggage.] 1. To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Plundering Time — The Plundering Time (1644–1646) was a period of civil unrest in the Province of Maryland caused by the tensions of the English Civil War. Governor Leonard Calvert (1606–1647) led colonial defenses against Parliamentary privateers such as Captain… …   Wikipedia

  • plundering — Synonyms and related words: banditry, brigandage, brigandism, depredation, despoiling, despoilment, despoliation, direption, foraging, foray, freebooting, looting, marauding, pillage, pillaging, plunder, plunderous, predacious, predatory, raid,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • plundering — plun·der || plÊŒndÉ™(r) n. loot, spoils; pillaging, stealing; robbing; embezzlement, fraud v. steal, rob, pillage; embezzle, defraud …   English contemporary dictionary

  • COLLECTIBLES: Plundering Art — ▪ 1996       While the strategy and tactics of warfare changed significantly throughout the centuries in response to technological and cultural developments, one rule had remained constant To the victor belong the spoils. Though the acquisition… …   Universalium

  • Art repatriation — is the return of art or cultural objects, usually referring to ancient or looted art, to their country of origin or former owners (or their heirs). The disputed cultural property items are physical artifacts of a group or society that were taken… …   Wikipedia

  • The rise of Jat power — ’ (king) was conferred upon him in 1724. [Dr P.L. Vishwakarma, The Jats, I, Ed Dr Vir Singh, (Delhi:2004), 116] In past Jats always rose against tyranny, injustice, economic and social exploitations and were never overawed by claims of racial or… …   Wikipedia

  • pillaging — noun the act of stealing valuable things from a place the plundering of the Parthenon his plundering of the great authors • Syn: ↑plundering, ↑pillage • Derivationally related forms: ↑pillage, ↑plunder ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • plunder — I. verb (plundered; plundering) Etymology: German plündern Date: 1632 transitive verb 1. a. to take the goods of by force (as in war) ; pillage, sack < invaders plundered the town > …   New Collegiate Dictionary


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