Plunder - Definition

n 1: goods or money obtained illegally [syn: loot, booty,
pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money]
v 1: take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer
plundered from famous authors" [syn: loot, plunder]
2: plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome"
[syn: sack, plunder]
3: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people
looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" [syn:
plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle,
ransack, pillage, foray]
4: destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the
beautiful country" [syn: rape, spoil, despoil,
violate, plunder]