plundering (n)
pillage (n)
pillaging (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 04
def the act of stealing valuable things from a place
examples the plundering of the Parthenon
his plundering of the great authors
Outgoing links
Hypernym aggression, hostility
Derivationally related form pillaging → pillage
Derivationally related form plundering → plunder
Derivationally related form plundering → plunder
Derivationally related form plundering → plunder
Hyponym banditry; rape, rapine; looting, robbery; spoil, spoliation, spoilation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation; ravaging, devastation; depredation, predation; sack
Incoming links
Hyponym aggression, hostility
Hypernym banditry; rape, rapine; looting, robbery; spoil, spoliation, spoilation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation; ravaging, devastation; depredation, predation; sack
Derivationally related form plunder → plundering
Derivationally related form pillage → pillaging
Derivationally related form plunder → plundering
Derivationally related form plunder → plundering

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