plunder
verb (used with object)
to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc...
plunderous
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a word derived from
plunder.
Example Sentences
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Voracious, plunderous, all of them; like hounds, long hungry, got into a rich house which has no master, or a mere imaginary one.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 05 by Carlyle, Thomas
Presently abandoning the comtemplation of Gonzaga he turned to his companions, and across to the listener floated a coarse and boasting tale of a plunderous warfare in Sicily ten years agone.
From Love-at-Arms by Sabatini, Rafael
Cash is done; the world rising, all round, with plunderous intentions; and hungry Ruin, you would say, coming visibly on with seven-league boots: here is little room for carrying your head high among mankind.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 13 by Carlyle, Thomas
Their Cavalry indeed is not so constituted; but a foolish love for their horses makes them astonishingly plunderous of forage; and thus they exhaust a district far faster in that respect than do the Germans.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Carlyle, Thomas
Cossacks, indeed, were a plunderous wild crew; but the Russians kept them mostly without the gates.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19 by Carlyle, Thomas
