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plunderer

/pluhn-der/US // ˈplʌn dər //UK // (ˈplʌndə) //

掠夺者,劫掠者,劫匪,盗贼

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
    • : to rob, despoil, or fleece: to plunder the public treasury.
    • : to take wrongfully, as by pillage, robbery, or fraud: to plunder a piece of property.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to take plunder; pillage.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : plundering, pillage, or spoliation.
    • : that which is taken in plundering; loot.
    • : anything taken by robbery, theft, or fraud.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The noise they made alarmed the plunderer, and he hurried down the ladder as fast as he could.

  • They all advanced, therefore, in a body; and the appearance of such a number drove the plunderer from his booty.

  • He fully believed that his son had been Chevalier Galban's plunderer, well knowing him to be capable of the act.

  • What at first was obtained by violence was considered by others as lawful to be taken, and a second plunderer succeeded the first.

  • Such a plunderer of beauties would, one cannot but feel, become a great artist if only she possessed some standards.