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plunderplun‧der1 /ˈplʌndə $ -ər/ verb written plunder1Origin: 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 |
- Critics claim the President has plundered the national treasury.
- Many works of art were plundered by Nazi troops.
- A spasm of delight shook her from head to toe as he plundered her neck.
- Because of it they simply could not plunder on ahead without thinking.
- In 1641 the Castle was taken and plundered by Toole McCann.
- In other eras, the aldermen ran the city and plundered it.
- It was waiting to be plundered.
- Loyal members of the Blooper Patrol have plundered these blunders from newspapers, ads and brochures.
- Then the Cid and his people returned to the field and began to plunder the tents.
- There are nine locations to plunder for food, weapons, artefacts and Orichalcum.
1[intransitive, transitive] to steal large amounts of money or property from somewhere, especially while fighting in a war: The rich provinces of Asia Minor were plundered by the invaders.2[transitive] to use up all or most of the supplies of something in a careless way: Unlicensed fishermen have plundered tuna stocks. the egotism of man as he plunders our planet—plunderer noun [countable] |