plundered

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Kyiv plundered warehouses for veteran Soviet antiaircraft guns and fitted heavy machine guns, some almost a century old, with thermal imaging systems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

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.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

Kane plundered six goals in just five games against Norwich, including a pair of braces in 2015-16.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

Khawaja has so far plundered 6,206 runs with 16 centuries and 28 half-centuries, averaging 43.39.

From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026

By mid-May he had reached the head of the East Rongbuk Glacier at 21,000 feet, where he plundered a supply of food and equipment cached by Eric Shipton’s unsuccessful 1933 expedition.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer