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单词 plundering
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plunderingn.1

Brit. /ˈplʌnd(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈplənd(ə)rɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plunder v.2, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < plunder v.2 + -ing suffix1. Compare Dutch plundering robbery, looting (1573).
The action of plunder v.2; an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
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
1632 Swedish Intelligencer i. 2 The plundering of his Subjects houses.
1642 W. Prynne Moderate Reply to Declaration sig. A2 Sir Edward Bayntons warrant..gave warning to men, that they might escape plundering. [Note] Though it is constantly affirmed that the word plundering [misprinted plundeting] is not in the warrant.
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. lxxxvii. 172 The ruines, plundrings, affronts, and..desolations which she had received.
1700 J. Tyrrell Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 792 There were cruel Plunderings and Burnings committed in that Province.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. vi. vii. 153 The far greater part of the gold..was got by so very easy a method as the plundering of the defenceless natives. View more context for this quotation
1819 A. Salamé Narr. Exped. Algiers 175 It is well known that the Algerine government are very rich, by their plundering at sea.
1873 Spectator 22 Feb. 236/2 Representatives who..will abstain from actual bribes or actual plundering of the State till.
1941 Manch. Guardian Weekly 31 Jan. 82 Plundering of Jewish property goes on, and the majority of Jewish shops in Prague have already become ‘Aryanised’.
2003 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 Mar. 43/2 The struggle for the acquisition of personal wealth through the conquest and plundering of state offices.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

plunderingn.2

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plunder v.1, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < plunder v.1 + -ing suffix1. Compare blundering n.
Obsolete. rare.
The action of making an error or falling into confusion.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > confusing or disordering
confusionc1400
plundering1642
pell-melling1792
jumbling1852
mess-making1881
1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy xl. 282 But for all their plundering, and confounding, their bold pretences have made this discourse necessary.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

plunderingadj.

Brit. /ˈplʌnd(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈplənd(ə)rɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plunder v.2, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < plunder v.2 + -ing suffix2.
That plunders.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [adjective]
ravenousc1425
rapinous1484
polling1526
spoiling1565
predatory1589
pilling1590
spoilful1590
plundering1641
vulturian1659
predatitious1660
pillagingc1670
vulturine1721
predal1737
depredatory1771
spoliatory1790
predatorial1791
plunderous1797
spoliating1840
accipitral1842
despoiling1859
spoliative1875
predative1920
prehensile1927
1641 T. Jordan Pictures of Passions, Fancies, & Affections sig. B7 (title) A plundering coward.
1684 J. Harington Grecian Story iv. 213 And Her's by Souldiers Siez'd, o'th' Plundering score.
1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad iii. 116 The plundering bands far round the region haste.
1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter 194 in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 563 As bees bizz out wi' angry fyke, When plundering herds assail their byke.
1827 R. Emmons Fredoniad III. xxvii. 212 Thus plundering wolves when driven to their cave.
1859 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 116 A place of comparative plenty when the plundering Wahumba do not interfere.
1910 Encycl. Brit. II. 683/1 Arthur..took vigorous measures against the plundering bands of soldiers and peasants.
2000 Sunday Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) (Nexis) 16 July a1 Her mission to protect Columbia gorge artifacts from plundering thieves and thoughtless visitors.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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