plundered

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Kim Jong Un’s cyber army has plundered billions of dollars from the crypto industry in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

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

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

The case also ensnared global banking firm Goldman Sachs, which helped raise $6.5 billion for the now-defunct fund that prosecutors say was plundered of $4.5 billion between 2009 and 2015.

From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025

That era was capped by Time Warner’s ill-fated sale in the early 2000s to dial-up internet service provider AOL — a disastrous union that plundered the value of Warner’s prestigious properties.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

In peacetime you are plundered by them, in war by your enemies.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli