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act of plundering

  • 1 plunder

    1. transitive verb
    [aus]plündern [Gebäude, Gebiet]; ausplündern [Person]; rauben [Sache]
    2. noun
    1) (action) Plünderung, die; (spoil, booty) Beute, die
    2) (coll.): (profit) Profit, der
    * * *
    1. verb
    (to rob or steal from (a place): The soldiers plundered and looted (the city).) plündern
    2. noun
    (the things stolen: They ran off with their plunder.) die Beute
    - academic.ru/56298/plunderer">plunderer
    * * *
    plun·der
    [ˈplʌndəʳ, AM -dɚ]
    I. vt
    ▪ to \plunder sth gold, treasure etw plündern; church, palace, village etw [aus]plündern; ( fig) the planet, environment etw ausbeuten
    II. vi plündern
    III. n no pl
    1. (booty) Beute f
    2. (act of plundering) Plünderung f; of planet Ausbeutung f
    * * *
    ['plʌndə(r)]
    1. n
    1) (= act) (of place) Plünderung f; (of things) Raub m
    2) (= loot) Beute f
    2. vt
    place plündern (also hum); (completely) ausplündern; people ausplündern; thing rauben
    3. vi
    plündern
    * * *
    plunder [ˈplʌndə(r)]
    A v/t
    1. eine Stadt etc (aus)plündern
    B v/i plündern
    C s
    1. Plünderung f
    2. Beute f
    * * *
    1. transitive verb
    [aus]plündern [Gebäude, Gebiet]; ausplündern [Person]; rauben [Sache]
    2. noun
    1) (action) Plünderung, die; (spoil, booty) Beute, die
    2) (coll.): (profit) Profit, der
    * * *
    v.
    plündern v.

    English-german dictionary > plunder

  • 2 plunder

    plun·der [ʼplʌndəʳ, Am -dɚ] vt
    to \plunder sth gold, treasure etw plündern; church, palace, village etw [aus]plündern; ( fig); the planet, environment etw ausbeuten vi plündern n
    1) ( booty) Beute f
    2) ( act of plundering) Plünderung f; of planet Ausbeutung f

    English-German students dictionary > plunder

  • 3 Plunder

    subs.
    Booty: P. and V. λεία, ἡ, ἁρπαγή, ἡ.
    Act of plundering: P. and V. ἁρπαγή, ἡ (or pl. in V.), P. πόρθησις, ἡ, λῃστεία, ἡ, σύλησις, ἡ.
    Arms taken from a foe: P. and V. σκῦλα, τά (sing. also in V.). σκυλεύματα, τά. V. λάφυρα, τά.
    ——————
    v. trans.
    P. and V. πορθεῖν, ἐκπορθεῖν, διαπορθεῖν, ἁρπάζειν, ἀναρπάζειν, διαρπάζειν. συλᾶν, λῄζεσθαι, φέρειν, P. ἄγειν καὶ φέρειν, διαφορεῖν, λῃστεύειν, V. πέρθειν, ἐκπέρθειν (also Plat. but rare P.).
    I am plundered: Ar. ἄγομαι φέρομαι (Nub. 241).
    Overrun: P. κατατρέχειν, καταθεῖν.
    Drive off plunder: P. and V. λεηλατεῖν (Xen.).
    Strip the dead of arms: P. and V. σκυλεύειν.
    Plunder in return: V. ἀντιπορθεῖν.
    Help to plunder: V. συμπορθεῖν (τινί τινα).

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Plunder

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