单词 | plunderage |
释义 | plunderagen. Now chiefly historical. (a) The action of plundering; pillage, spoliation. (b) Maritime Law. The pilfering of goods from a ship's cargo; (concrete) goods obtained by such means. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > embezzlement or misappropriation > [noun] misnimming?c1225 embezzlement1548 malversationc1550 falsity1581 misapplication1607 interverting1614 peculate1617 peculation1658 abstracting1669 plunderage1700 interversiona1754 conveyancing1754 misappropriation1794 abstraction1823 defalcation1832 malappropriation1848 teeming and lading1859 boodlery1886 bobol1907 chop-chop1966 liberation1966 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [noun] purchasec1325 ridding1347 riflinga1350 despoilingc1374 preya1375 spoilingc1380 pillagea1393 shavaldrya1400 destrition14.. pillingc1400 pillery1433 spulyieingc1440 rapinea1450 spoliationc1460 depopulation1462 spulyie1464 depredation1483 despoil1483 predationa1500 pilferya1513 pollinga1513 spoil1532 pilling and pollinga1535 pilfering1548 expilation1563 rapt1584 escheat1587 fleecing1593 spoilage1597 depilation1611 manubiary1616 pillaging1629 plundering1632 exspoliation1634 peeling1641 despoliation1658 plunder1661 plunderage1700 spoliage1806 despoilment1822 1700 T. Tryon Lett. xxxiii. 193 To saying nothing of the many other Casualties and Damages that happen, such as Plunderage, and the like. 1796 P. Colquhoun Treat. Police of Metropolis 427 That Wharfingers should be liable for plunderage of Goods. 1816 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 142/1 Some plunderage took place by the negroes. 1825 J. Bentham Indications Respecting Ld. Eldon 26 As plunderable matter increases, so will plunderage. 1831 Examiner 139/2 Plunderage of the Chancery Suitors. 1861 S. Smiles Lives 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. 1921 Eng. Hist. Rev. 36 384 The Planters' Club in 1745 concerned themselves with the prevention of plunderage. 1976 M. Ierley Year that tried Men's Souls iv. 299 At a court-martial two days later—on charges of plunderage, robbery and mutiny—Macumber pleaded not guilty. 2002 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. (Nexis) 16 Aug. 6 a Individuals and corporations must be held accountable now and in the future. Hit-and-run plunderage of our state must end. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1700 |
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