plunder
verb (used with object)
to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc...
was plundering
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past progressiveof plunder.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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By the time they had noticed, Robbie Keane was plundering goals through the play-offs and the Galaxy had back-to-back titles.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2013
Apustius, while Philip was busy with Greece, had invaded Macedonia, and was plundering the country as well as making garrisons and cities subject.
Meanwhile De Courcy was plundering the northern provinces.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances
While the German soldier of the lower classes was plundering what he could and drunkenly shooting whatever crossed his path, the warrior student was reading by the camp glow, Hegel and Nietzsche.
From The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster
Many tribes then asked his aid against Ariovistus, a German chief who came from across the river Rhine and with his yellow haired followers, clad in the skins of animals, was plundering the Gaulish province.
From A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. by Edwards, Clayton
