plunder
verb (used with object)
to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc...
plunders
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present tense formof plunder (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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A blend of Islamic and Hindu beliefs has long served as a conservation code, with supernatural guardians believed to punish anyone who plunders the forest for greed.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
It plunders parental fantasies about our children as future professional athletes.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2022
It has always been a taxing job, she says, but conditions have lately made it downright impossible, as staffing shortages nearly double her workload and a cost-of-living crisis plunders her modest paycheck.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2022
The narrator thinks about the way he plunders the lives of those around him.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 13, 2018
The sounds produced were exactly similar to those often heard in the depths of the American forest, when the dread crotalus plunders the nest of the Virginian nightingale.
From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Mayne Reid
