That standard gothic story plot is about borders and border crossing, about the terrors of the other, about wealth and exploitation and plunder and shifting power dynamics.
Gothic novels are obsessed with borders. Mexican Gothic takes full advantage.|Constance Grady|October 16, 2020|Vox
The manner of this acquisition would be a topic of discussion in biblical interpretation for centuries, for fear that it looks like plunder.
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It was up to the countries in which these acts of plunder had taken place to decide who rightfully owned the recovered works.
My Grandfather's War: Recovering the Art the Nazis Stole|Anne Sinclair|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When they ran out of food, he would “go down to Babylon to plunder,” which means stealing from grocery stores.
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In contrast to other brigades, whose motto is “fight by day, plunder by night,” ISIS is a dedicated combat force.
How U.S. Strikes on Syria Help al Qaeda|Barak Barfi|August 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And it is repeated: “on the plunder they did not lay their hand.”
Purim Perils: His View Is His Own|Rabbi Daniel Landes|February 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Until the public demands value for their money, insurers will continue their plunder.
We're Still Stuck With Predatory Insurance Companies|Noah Kristula-Green|March 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The major part of the plunder and the carts were still where they had been drawn up.
Mr. Midshipman Easy|Captain Frederick Marryat
Our commerce has unquestionably been subject to great embarrassment, vexation, and plunder, from the belligerents of Europe.
Abridgement of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856 (4 of 16 vol.)|Various
He wanted "compensation" for not getting any plunder out of Holy Cross, so he robbed Mr. Ryan of seventy thousand dollars.
Curly|Roger Pocock
The men were too much taken up with the plunder to mind what I was about.
A Sea Queen's Sailing|Charles Whistler
Like their modern descendants, they lived by the plunder of their more peaceful neighbours.
Patriarchal Palestine|Archibald Henry Sayce
British Dictionary definitions for plunder
plunder
/ (ˈplʌndə) /
verb
to steal (valuables, goods, sacred items, etc) from (a town, church, etc) by force, esp in time of war; loot
(tr)to rob or steal (choice or desirable things) from (a place)to plunder an orchard