plunder
verb (used with object)
to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc...
has been plundering
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present perfect progressiveof plunder (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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“Perhaps she has been plundering some English vessel, and for what we can tell she may have fallen in with the ‘Lady Alice.’”
From The Two Whalers Adventures in the Pacific by Kingston, William Henry Giles
"But, he cannot suppose, Doctor," Harry said indignantly, "that we are going to fight for such a rascal as he is against the men he has been plundering."
From Among Malay Pirates : a Tale of Adventure and Peril by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
