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While Seabiscuit had spent the summer pillaging the West, War Admiral had been plundering the East with four triumphs in succession.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

A second glance showed him that this individual was Pillichody, and satisfied that he had been plundering the house, he instantly seized him.

From Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire by Ainsworth, William Harrison

In that year part of the army which had been plundering along the coast of Flanders and Holland came over to England, landed in Kent, and besieged Rochester.

From Heroes Every Child Should Know by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

Ah, that was because they had been plundering treasuries and capturing booty of all sorts.

From The Dash for Khartoum A Tale of Nile Expedition by Nash, Joseph

Cornwallis, as soon as Greene left him, hurried to Petersburg, Va. A British force during the winter and spring had been plundering and ravaging in Virginia, under the traitor Arnold.

From A School History of the United States by McMaster, John Bach