plunders

Example Sentences

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A blend of Islamic and Hindu beliefs has long served as a conservation code, with supernatural guardians believed to punish anyone who plunders the forest for greed.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

If you have heard at all about guardianship for older adults, chances are that it has been about a predatory guardian who plunders the estate of a helpless older person.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2018

The narrator thinks about the way he plunders the lives of those around him.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 13, 2018

Before anyone calls a lawyer, it is important to say that the Ontario woman whose life she plunders most is herself.

From The Guardian • Nov. 8, 2012

The sly sayu ventures to approach the dwellings of men, where he plunders maize fields with incredible dexterity.

From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Ross, Thomasina