nnoun.actthe act of stealing valuable things from a placeSynset:pillage pillaging
Examples:- the plundering of the Parthenon
- his plundering of the great authors
Derivationally Related Form:pillageplunder
Hypernyms:aggression hostility
Inherited Hypernyms:plunderingaggressionactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:banditrydepredationdespoilationdespoilmentdespoliationdevastationlootingpredationraperapineravagingrobberysackspoilspoilationspoliation
Full Hyponyms:banditrydepredationlootingraperavagingsackspoil
vverb.possessiontake illegally; of intellectual propertyTopic:crimecriminal offencecriminal offenselaw-breaking
Synset:loot plunder
Examples:- This writer plundered from famous authors
Derivationally Related Form:plunder
Hypernyms:rip rip off steal
Inherited Hypernyms:lootstealtake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s | They --- the goods (apply to: loot, plunder)
vverb.possessionplunder (a town) after captureSynset:plunder sack
Examples:- the barbarians sacked Rome
Derivationally Related Form:plunderageplunderersackplunderplundering
Hypernyms:take
Inherited Hypernyms:sacktake
Entailment:destroy ruin
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.possessionsteal goods; take as spoilsSynset:despoil foray loot pillage plunder ransack reave rifle strip
Examples:- During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
Derivationally Related Form:pillagingdespoilerlooterdespoliationplundererlootplunderinglootingdespoilmentpillagerpillageplunder
Hypernyms:take
Inherited Hypernyms:plundertake
Direct Hyponyms:deplumedisplume
Full Troponyms:deplume
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.contactdestroy and strip of its possessionSynset:despoil plunder rape spoil violate
Examples:- The soldiers raped the beautiful country
Derivationally Related Form:despoliationspoilspoliationspoilationrapeplunderingdespoilment
Hypernyms:destroy ruin
Inherited Hypernyms:rapedestroy
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: violate)
adj satadj.allgiven to taking by force what is desiredAntonyms:unacquisitive
Inherited Hypernyms:plundering
Similar to:acquisitive