plunder
verb (used with object)
to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc...
unplundered
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a word derived from
plunder.
Example Sentences
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A heavy solid gold casket from the rich, unplundered tomb of Philip II of Macedon, which contained the assassinated king’s burnt bones, is displayed at Vergina museum, northern Greece, Oct.
From Forbes ● May 12, 2015
The scene reinforces key themes, like a season-long obsession with authenticity and pure, unplundered talent.
From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2013
Prognostications were for a long-drawn war of skirmishes, possibly to be fought to a finish in the southern provinces near Canton, a region thus far comparatively unplundered by China's peripatetic militarists.
From Time Magazine Archive
But I am incapable of betraying the trust you reposed in me, and having convinced you that you were in my power, I can only dismiss you unplundered and uninjured.'
From The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott
The Governor contents himself with a moderate bribe, the Kazi is insatiable: the former may possibly allow you to escape unplundered, the latter assuredly will not.
From First Footsteps in East Africa by Sir Richard Francis Burton
