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单词 plunderage
释义 plunderage|ˈplʌndərɪdʒ|
[f. plunder v.2 + -age.]
The action of plundering; pillage, spoliation; spec. in Maritime Law, ‘embezzling goods on shipboard’ (Wharton 1848–83); concr. spoil obtained by such means.
1796Colquhoun Treat. Police Metrop. 427 That Wharfingers should be liable for plunderage of Goods.1816Chron. in Ann. Reg. 142/1 Some plunderage took place by the negroes.1825Bentham Offic. Apt. Maximized, Indications (1830) 26 As plunderable matter increases, so will plunderage.1831Examiner 139/2 Plunderage of the Chancery Suitors.1861Smiles Engineers II. viii. vii. 363 To form another system of docks at Wapping,..with the view of saving lighterage and plunderage, and bringing the great mass of commerce so much nearer to the heart of the City.
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