plunder
plunder 英 [ˈplʌndə(r)] 美 [ˈplʌndɚ]
n. 抢夺；战利品；掠夺品 v. 掠夺；抢劫
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- Plunder can mean stolen goods or money obtained illegally, or the act of taking those things. A burglar might plunder a jewelry store and then sneak off with her plunder.
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- n. 抢夺；战利品；掠夺品
- v. 掠夺；抢劫
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1. The troops crossed the country, plundering and looting as they went.
部队经过乡村，一路抢劫掳掠。
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2. The abbey had been plundered of its valuables.
寺院的珍宝被洗劫一空。
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3. The thief disgorged his plunder.
那贼被迫吐出脏物。
- plunder (n.) "goods taken by force; act of plundering," 1640s, from plunder (v.).
- plunder (v.) 1630s, from German plündern, from Middle High German plunderen "to plunder," originally "to take away household furniture," from plunder (n.) "household goods, clothes," also "lumber, baggage" (14c.; compare Modern German Plunder "lumber, trash"), which is related to Middle Dutch plunder "household goods;" Frisian and Dutch plunje "clothes." A word said to have been acquired by English via the Thirty Years' War and applied in native use after the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642. Related: Plundered; plundering. Plunderbund was a U.S. colloquial word from 1914 referring to "a corrupt alliance of corporate and financial interests," with German Bund "alliance, league."
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