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verb | noun plunderplunder1 /ˈplʌndɚ/ verb [intransitive, transitive] ETYMOLOGYplunder1Origin: 1600-1700 German plündern, from Middle High German plunder things used in the home, clothes VERB TABLEplunder |
Present | I, you, we, they | plunder | | he, she, it | plunders | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | plundered | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have plundered | | he, she, it | has plundered | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had plundered | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will plunder | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have plundered |
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Present | I | am plundering | | he, she, it | is plundering | | you, we, they | are plundering | Past | I, he, she, it | was plundering | | you, we, they | were plundering | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been plundering | | he, she, it | has been plundering | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been plundering | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be plundering | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been plundering |
1to steal money or property from a place, especially while fighting in a war: Many works of art were plundered by Nazi troops.2[transitive] to use up all or most of the supplies of something in a careless way: Are big companies plundering our planet?—plunderer noun [countable] verb | noun plunderplunder2 noun [uncountable] 1things that have been stolen during a violent attack, especially during a war SYN spoils: Henry’s army returned loaded down with plunder.2the act of plundering: the plunder of Africa by the European nations |