Defenition of the word plundering

• Defenition of the word plundering

  • given to taking by force what is desired
  • the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of Rome"; "his plundering of the great authors"
  • the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"
  • the act of stealing valuable things from a place

Synonyms for the word plundering

• • aggressive
  • marauding
  • pillage
  • pillaging
  • predatory
  • preying

Similar words in the plundering

• • acquisitive
  • plundering

Hyponyms for the word plundering

• • banditry
  • depredation
  • despoilation
  • despoilment
  • despoliation
  • devastation
  • looting
  • predation
  • rape
  • rapine
  • ravaging
  • robbery
  • sack
  • spoil
  • spoilation
  • spoliation

Hypernyms for the word plundering

• • aggression
  • hostility

See other words

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  • The origin of the word plunders
  • Synonym for the word looted
  • Antonyms for the word do over
  • Homonyms for the word included
  • Hyponyms for the word looters
  • Holonyms for the word ill-gotten gains
  • Hypernyms for the word loots
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  • Translation of the word in other languages scourging