as in looted
to search through with the intent of committing robbery
the escaped convict plundered the house in search of valuables
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Recent Examples of plundered
The Stuttgart striker plundered two second-half goals, including a stoppage-time winner, to earn his side a place in the last 32.
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Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
Which were left to be plundered and destroyed?
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Amer Matar,
The Dial,
26 May 2026
But Klaasen didn’t hold back and shared an 80-run stand with Nitish Kumar Reddy, who made 21, and then Salil Arora (30 not out) plundered three sixes and two fours as Hyderabad notched its fifth straight win.
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ABC News,
29 Apr. 2026
Five years after the Halifax Resolves were adopted, the British army briefly occupied the town and plundered its homes, according to the North Carolina Division of State Historic Sites and Properties.
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Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
Magyar has called for all of Orbán’s cronies in the government to resign and has committed to holding to account those who plundered Hungary.
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Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
The collapse of Prospect Medical, a for-profit hospital chain plundered by private equity and the company’s management, has generated a painful litany of woes.
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Peter Elkind,
ProPublica,
9 Apr. 2026
Before being definitively plundered, the museum was home to the most comprehensive Nubian archaeological collection in the world.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
17 Mar. 2026
The area has been plundered for centuries.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
Which were left to be plundered and destroyed?
—
Amer Matar,
The Dial,
26 May 2026
But Klaasen didn’t hold back and shared an 80-run stand with Nitish Kumar Reddy, who made 21, and then Salil Arora (30 not out) plundered three sixes and two fours as Hyderabad notched its fifth straight win.
—
ABC News,
29 Apr. 2026
Five years after the Halifax Resolves were adopted, the British army briefly occupied the town and plundered its homes, according to the North Carolina Division of State Historic Sites and Properties.
—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
Magyar has called for all of Orbán’s cronies in the government to resign and has committed to holding to account those who plundered Hungary.
—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
The collapse of Prospect Medical, a for-profit hospital chain plundered by private equity and the company’s management, has generated a painful litany of woes.
—
Peter Elkind,
ProPublica,
9 Apr. 2026
Before being definitively plundered, the museum was home to the most comprehensive Nubian archaeological collection in the world.
—
News Desk,
Artforum,
17 Mar. 2026
The area has been plundered for centuries.
—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plundered
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Some have been looted, burned, and abandoned, while others face critical shortages of supplies, medicines, or staff.
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The sandstone artifact, which depicts the Hindu epic character Duryodhana, had in fact been looted from Koh Ker in or around 1972, after the all-important UNESCO convention.
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One by one, from Rhode Island to Georgia, rioters in each colony pillaged collectors’ wine cellars, drank all their liquor and forced them to publicly resign.
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For decades, tomb raiders have pillaged sites across the country, selling them on the black market.
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One looks to the story of the Haitian World Cup team, appearing in the tournament for the first time in fifty years, which has gathered expatriate players from the Haitian diaspora to play for that beautiful and utterly despoiled country, where many of them have never lived.
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In the 21st century, oil extraction has become a serious threat to Ecuadoran Amazonia, with large swaths of forest, often located in Indigenous territories, despoiled by the release of wastewater from the wells.
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That came in the spring of 2025, about 11 months after his dad had been sacked as coach, when Pochettino, the new manager, gave the younger Berhalter his first national team call-up.
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Alfaro had just been sacked by San Lorenzo, his eighth job in 14 years since starting as a 30-year-old following a brief playing career in Argentina.
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Kerr’s home in Florida was raided by the FBI on the same day.
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Emilee Hackney is an eighth-generation Appalachian who grew up in the coalfields of southwest Virginia in a family so impoverished her parents occasionally raided her and her brother’s piggy banks to pay the mortgage and buy groceries.
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His New York estate was ransacked soon after, but his convictions were clear.
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After the Battle of the Alamo, the Mexican army ransacked the site and salvaged all the leftover artillery for future military use, ridding the battleground of most of its weaponry.
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