plunder

Example Sentences

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But prosecutors said the real aim was to "plunder their bank accounts".

From BBC

In an abandoned warehouse in Johannesburg, Prof Grace sets out her high-stakes plan - to break into museums and private collections and take back artefacts mostly plundered during colonial times.

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I beamed at Aunt Kitty, feeling clever at seizing the opportunity to be alone with Mrs. Maroney’s plunder.

From Literature

With CGI-enhanced action, thunderous fight sequences and dialogue like, "I enter politics not to plunder, but to serve", the film blurs fiction and intent.

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He ran up debts, plundered her money and spun a story about a blackmailer from prison coming for them.

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