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 towns of Harrisonville, Butler and Osceola were plundered during Bleeding Kansas.
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Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
These will hold a particular interest for the Bloomsbury enthusiast because the majority of them are previously unpublished (an impressive feat, given how often the various archives have been plundered by other biographers).
—Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
For decades, the terrorist group has plundered Gaza and sacrificed its people in pursuit of an unending messianic war to eliminate the Jewish state.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025
Villagers plundered the shrine and sold the bronzes to antiquities dealers like Robert Hecht, who faced allegations of smuggling before his death in 2012.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2025
Otto Frank requested that the spaces, plundered by the Nazis, remain vacant, their barrenness attesting to profound loss.
—Laurel Graeber, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
British and American soldiers plundered that area of New Jersey so heavily that all provisions became scarce.
—John Laycock, Baltimore Sun, 27 Dec. 2024
All three were plundered by thieves in ancient and medieval times, so many of the items originally left are no longer there.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Along with thousands of others, these artifacts were plundered by French colonial troops in 1892.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
These will hold a particular interest for the Bloomsbury enthusiast because the majority of them are previously unpublished (an impressive feat, given how often the various archives have been plundered by other biographers).
—Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
For decades, the terrorist group has plundered Gaza and sacrificed its people in pursuit of an unending messianic war to eliminate the Jewish state.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025
Villagers plundered the shrine and sold the bronzes to antiquities dealers like Robert Hecht, who faced allegations of smuggling before his death in 2012.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2025
Otto Frank requested that the spaces, plundered by the Nazis, remain vacant, their barrenness attesting to profound loss.
—Laurel Graeber, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
British and American soldiers plundered that area of New Jersey so heavily that all provisions became scarce.
—John Laycock, Baltimore Sun, 27 Dec. 2024
All three were plundered by thieves in ancient and medieval times, so many of the items originally left are no longer there.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Along with thousands of others, these artifacts were plundered by French colonial troops in 1892.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plundered
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Argentine prosecutors have charged the daughter of a fugitive Nazi officer with attempting to hide an 18th-century Italian painting that was looted during World War II and had not been seen publicly in 80 years.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Across the Southeast Asian archipelago, demonstrators have torched government buildings, riot police have hurled tear gas and fired water cannons at protesters in city streets, and some people have looted politicians’ houses and burned vehicles.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
1 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, members of the powerful Viv Ansanm gang coalition had pillaged and/or burned at least 410 residences and other buildings, including six schools, health centers and local nongovernmental organizations during the period.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
11 Aug. 2025
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Top pick Cam Ward was sacked six times in his NFL debut and threw for just 112 yards on 12 completions while Tennessee managed just four field goals.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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He then was sacked when right tackle Khalil House was beaten cleanly by an edge rusher and lost a fumble at the Stanford 5.—
Harold Gutmann,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
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Federal officials have already raided, among others, California car washes and marijuana farms, a Louisiana racetrack, a Florida construction site and a Nebraska meatpacking plant.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Jordan Garcia, a veteran community organizer with the Colorado branch of the American Friends Service Committee, travelled to Cedar Run, one of the Denver housing complexes that was raided, to record video and provide assistance.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Homes of political party members and state buildings were ransacked or set ablaze, shaking investor confidence in the Southeast Asian economy and triggering a steep selloff on its stocks and currency markets on Friday.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
1 Sep. 2025
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More than a thousand fires burned, and more than a thousand shops were ransacked.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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