plunder

Navy engaged with the British yet again, it also once more exposed American ships traveling Mediterranean to plunder from Barbary pirates, later resulting in the Second Barbary War.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

His amateur soccer grit led him to plunder 41 goals in 69 games in Belgium, which earned him a move to Bloom’s flagship club in the English Premier League, Brighton and Hove Albion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

A special anti-graft court ordered his arrest Monday, days after Estrada, son of former Philippine president Joseph Estrada, was charged with plunder, defined in the Philippines as large-scale corruption.

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026

And hey, did you know that the word “raptor”—which is often used to describe birds of prey—comes from the Latin verb rapio, which means to plunder, rob, ravish, or abduct?

From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026

You have not yet grappled with your own myths and narratives and discovered the plunder everywhere around us.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

A blend of Islamic and Hindu beliefs has long served as a conservation code, with supernatural guardians believed to punish anyone who plunders the forest for greed.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

It plunders parental fantasies about our children as future professional athletes.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2022

If you have heard at all about guardianship for older adults, chances are that it has been about a predatory guardian who plunders the estate of a helpless older person.

From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2018

The narrator thinks about the way he plunders the lives of those around him.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 13, 2018

M. de, plunders the city of Orange, ii.

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Henry Martyn Baird

It is a far cry from 2023-24 when he plundered 19 Premier League goals, and 27 in all competitions.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

An artwork plundered by the Nazis from the world-famous Goudstikker collection has surfaced in the family of a notorious SS collaborator in the Netherlands, Dutch art detective Arthur Brand told AFP Monday.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

What rankles more is his only international T20 appearance three weeks later, when Ireland plundered 52 from his four overs.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

Kim Jong Un’s cyber army has plundered billions of dollars from the crypto industry in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

She held so much under her control, and I was sure the days since her Rocky was plundered, since her lineage was robbed, had demanded nothing less.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

"If Auroville," which has a big international profile and has been praised by UNESCO, "does not hold out against the plundering and devastation of our natural resources, then we are all doomed," he said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

It’s all chintzy and campy, the plundering of low-hanging fruit.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

It was there, at the outbreak of World War II, that he helped to “rebury” the treasures of the National Archaeological Museum to protect them from bombing raids, Nazi archaeologists and plundering soldiers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

As technology for both finding and plundering these vessels has grown more sophisticated, more companies have entered the field, increasing competition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024

While Seabiscuit had spent the summer pillaging the West, War Admiral had been plundering the East with four triumphs in succession.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand