plunder

Example Sentences

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In an abandoned warehouse in Johannesburg, Prof Grace sets out her high-stakes plan - to break into museums and private collections and take back artefacts mostly plundered during colonial times.

From BBC

I beamed at Aunt Kitty, feeling clever at seizing the opportunity to be alone with Mrs. Maroney’s plunder.

From Literature

With CGI-enhanced action, thunderous fight sequences and dialogue like, "I enter politics not to plunder, but to serve", the film blurs fiction and intent.

From BBC

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

From BBC

Hazen, the impulsive younger brother, knows the location of an enormous stash of antlers deep in Yellowstone and is eager to plunder it.

From The Wall Street Journal