Example Sentences

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He drafted a bill of attainder-which in effect condemns the victim without a trial�against a group of Tories who were plundering the countryside.

From Time Magazine Archive

The peasants were starving, the ramparts of the castle were tumbling down, and robber bands were plundering what remained to her.

From Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier by Marquis, T. G.

And when Solomon had just marched into Carthage it was reported that the barbarians with a great host had come into Byzacium and were plundering everything there.

From History of the Wars, Books III and IV The Vandalic War by Dewing, H. B.

At, this moment an adjutant announced to him that Trenck and Nadasti were plundering the Prussian camp.

From Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

The widows of Mahdoo Rao had been joined by a large force, and were plundering Scindia's villages; while Jeswunt Holkar was also ravaging the country.

From At the Point of the Bayonet A Tale of the Mahratta War by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)