plundering

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Estrada was charged in 2014 with plundering millions of dollars meant for government development projects, but the court acquitted him a decade later.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 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

Gabriel said his intent was for the state’s new law to protect all victims of genocide, persecution and political plundering.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2024

The discovery evokes a medieval era during which Vikings landed in the British Isles, raiding, plundering and trading their way through England and Scotland.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2024

When she was a woman grown, well past thirty as she reckoned it, with one husband buried—but the master had given her another—armies, plundering and burning, had come from the North to set them free.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin