plundered

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Brand believes the painting had been plundered by Hermann Goering, one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, when Goudstikker fled for Britain in 1940.

From BBC • 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

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

Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was found guilty on Friday of all 21 counts of money laundering related to the country's 1MDB graft scandal, which saw billions plundered from the now-defunct sovereign wealth fund.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

If Poet’s estate did exist, it was sure to be a shell of its former self, stripped and plundered by the German army.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys