to plunder a town

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• plunder — plunderable, adj. plunderer, n. plunderingly, adv. plunderous, adj. /plun deuhr/, v.t. 1. to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town. 2. to rob, despoil, or fleece: to plunder the… …   Universalium

• plunder — plun•der [[t]ˈplʌn dər[/t]] v. t. 1) to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war: to plunder a town[/ex] 2) to rob or fleece: to plunder the public treasury[/ex] 3) to take by pillage, robbery, or fraud 4) to take plunder; pillage 5)… …   From formal English to slang

• plunder — /ˈplʌndə / (say plunduh) verb (t) 1. to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town. 2. to rob, despoil, or fleece: to plunder the public treasury. 3. to take by pillage or robbery. –verb …  

• plunder — [[t]plʌ̱ndə(r)[/t]] plunders, plundering, plundered 1) VERB If someone plunders a place or plunders things from a place, they steal things from it. [LITERARY] [V n] They plundered and burned the market town of Leominster... [V n of n] She faces… …   English dictionary

• plunder — 1. verb /ˈplʌndə(r)/ a) To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack. The mercenaries plundered the small town. b) To take by force or wrongfully; to commit …   Wiktionary

• plunder — I. verb (plundered; plundering) Etymology: German plündern Date: 1632 transitive verb 1. a. to take the goods of by force (as in war) ; pillage, sack < invaders plundered the town > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• MOROCCO — MOROCCO, westernmost country in North Africa. The first arrival of Jews in Morocco goes back to antiquity. There are numerous legends which claim that they settled in the country before the destruction of the First Temple. From the fifth to the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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• plun´der|er — plun|der «PLUHN duhr», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to rob by force; rob: »to plunder a bank. The pirates entered the harbor and began to plunder the town. SYNONYM(S): loot, sack. 2. to take (as goods or valuables) by illegal force or as an enemy: »The… …   Useful english dictionary

• plun|der — «PLUHN duhr», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to rob by force; rob: »to plunder a bank. The pirates entered the harbor and began to plunder the town. SYNONYM(S): loot, sack. 2. to take (as goods or valuables) by illegal force or as an enemy: »The law of… …   Useful english dictionary

• Bolton Massacre — The Bolton Massacre, sometimes recorded as the Storming of Bolton, was an episode in the English Civil War, on May 28, 1644, in which it was alleged that up to 1,600 of Bolton s defenders and citizens were slaughtered during and after its storm… …   Wikipedia