Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb plunder

4 senses of plunder

Sense 1
loot, plunder -- (take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer plundered from famous authors")
       => steal -- (take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation")

Sense 2
sack, plunder -- (plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome")
       => take -- (take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill")

Sense 3
plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray -- (steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners")
       => take -- (take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill")

Sense 4
rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder -- (destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country")
       => destroy, ruin -- (destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up")

Antonyms of adj plundered

1 sense of plundered

Sense 1
looted, pillaged, plundered, ransacked -- (wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value; "the robbers left the looted train"; "people returned to the plundered village")

INDIRECT (VIA empty) -> full -- (containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing")

Similarity of adj plundered

1 sense of plundered

Sense 1
looted, pillaged, plundered, ransacked -- (wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value; "the robbers left the looted train"; "people returned to the plundered village")
       => empty (vs. full) -- (holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours")

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