plundered
Meaning of plundered
- steal goods from (a place or person), typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder.
looters moved into the disaster area to plunder shops
mid 17th century: from German plündern, literally ‘rob of household goods’, from Middle High German plunder ‘household effects’. Early use of the verb was with reference to the Thirty Years War (reflecting German usage); on the outbreak of the Civil War in 1642, the word and activity were associated with the forces under Prince Rupert.
Information about plundered
- It is a verb.
- Languages in which plundered is used:
(Press the button to hear it)
Hyphenation of plundered
plun-dered
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- plundered is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
plundered synonyms
Meaning looted:
Meaning steal (something) using violence, especially in wartime:
Meaning steal goods from (a place), typically during a war or riot:
Meaning steal:
Meaning conduct a raid on:
Meaning go through (a place) stealing things and causing damage:
Meaning leave bare of accessories or fittings:
Meaning obtain a great deal of money from (someone), typically by overcharging or swindling them:
Meaning cause severe and extensive damage to:
Meaning destroy or ruin:
Meaning go about in search of things to steal or people to attack:
Meaning dismiss from employment:
Meaning steal or violently remove valuable possessions from; plunder:
Meaning diminish or destroy the value or quality of:
Meaning use or reproduce (another's work) for profit without permission, usually in contravention of patent or copyright:
Meaning carry out raids in order to plunder:
Meaning steal from, typically using force; plunder:
Meaning rob of something; plunder:
Meaning (of a person or animal) search widely for food or provisions:
Words that rhyme with plundered
ered, quaered, ambered, barbered, beblubbered, beslobbered, beslubbered, blabbered, blubbered, calibered, cambered, chambered, clabbered, clambered, clobbered, cumbered, discumbered, disencumbered, dismembered, disremembered, encumbered, fibered, foreremembered, gibbered, incumbered, jabbered, jibbered, limbered, lumbered, membered, misnumbered, misremembered, multichambered, multifibered, nontimbered, numbered, outnumbered, overtimbered, partimembered, prenumbered, remembered, renumbered, rubbered, sabered, scumbered, slabbered, slobbered, slubbered, slumbered, sobered