plunder
verb (used with object)
to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc...
were 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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Another military expedition, conducted with equal courage, routed the troops of the barbarians in Valeria, who were plundering and destroying everything within their reach.
From The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens by Charles Duke Yonge
When their employers, who they confess were good to them, were plundering the Californians, they did not strike, sympathetically nor otherwise.
From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by S. O. (Silas Orrin) Howes
The two Dutch ships which last year were plundering in these islands the ships that came from China, returned to Japon, after having loaded up with many silks which they had seized.
They were ten miles away this morning," the pastor replied; "but as they were plundering and burning as they went they will not probably arrive before Mansfeld before the morning.
From The Lion of the North A tale of the times of Gustavus Adolphus by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
The first sail they met with was a French ship of twelve guns, which they captured; and while they were plundering her, another appeared in view.
From The Pirates Own Book by Charles Ellms
