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plunderous

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

掠夺性的,掠夺性,掠夺的,掠夺

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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.

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Examples

  • This Daily Dose dives into ancient mysteries that make Indiana Jones movies seem dull, examines current controversies around repatriations and gives you a peek at the world’s most sought-after plunder.

  • Surveying the plunders of rodents who nested with or near ancient humans can uncover truths about where and how our ancestors lived, as well as what environmental forces drove them.

  • The British, however, settled for the capitulation of Alexandria, and made off with a trove of ships and other plunder as they sailed back down the Potomac.

  • 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.

  • The manner of this acquisition would be a topic of discussion in biblical interpretation for centuries, for fear that it looks like plunder.

  • It was up to the countries in which these acts of plunder had taken place to decide who rightfully owned the recovered works.

  • Hulagu then gave his men licence to rape, kill and plunder with the caveat that Christians and Jews were to be spared.

  • When they ran out of food, he would “go down to Babylon to plunder,” which means stealing from grocery stores.

  • In contrast to other brigades, whose motto is “fight by day, plunder by night,” ISIS is a dedicated combat force.

  • And it is repeated: “on the plunder they did not lay their hand.”

  • But they soon fell out, for Murat had the audacity to try and make these patriots fight instead of merely seeking plunder.

  • And knowing that bunch as well as I do, I don't think they'll lift the plunder and quit the country till they can go together.

  • I stumbled over a fat trumpeter in the field, stript and plunder'd, with his skin full of bullets.

  • From this area, Dunmore and his friends made repeated plunder attacks along the coast of Virginia until summer.

  • Consequently, we could not ascribe these deaths to a desire for plunder on the part of some unknown person.