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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
plunder/ˈplʌndə(r)/

▶verb forcibly steal goods from, especially in time of war or civil disorder. ▶noun the action of plundering.

■ property acquired in this way.

– derivatives
plunderer noun.

– origin C17: from Ger. plündern, lit. ‘rob of household goods’, from Mid. High Ger. plunder ‘household effects’.

'plundering' also found in these Oxford entries:

depredation - havoc - mosstrooper - plunder - predation - spoliation

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