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

Days before plundering Borel’s wine cellar, the two are believed to have sauntered into Huso, a Michelin-starred Tribeca restaurant that has been celebrated for its collection of bottles, according to a law-enforcement official.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Despite skipper Shan Masood plundering 151, supported by Abdullah Shafique’s 102, the tourists stuck at it.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2024

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

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