English-French translations for plunder

  • piller
    Personne n'a le droit d'exploiter et de piller cette région. No one has the right to rape and plunder that region. Elle va permettre de piller l'énergie et les ressources productrices de richesses dans la région. The energy and wealth-producing resources of the region will be plundered. Empêchez la flotte espagnole de piller les ressources de l'Afrique occidentale en anéantissant les pêcheurs africains. Stop the Spanish fleet plundering western African resources, killing African fishermen.
  • butinTout le monde n’a pas eu une part équitable du butin. Not everyone gets a fair share of the plunder.
  • pillageCela constitue un véritable pillage des forces productives du Sud. This effectively plunders the productive forces of the South. C'est cette anarchie dans le pillage qui gêne le rapporteur. It is this anarchy in the plundering that bothers the rapporteur. Ici, il ne s'agit plus désormais que du pillage et de la destruction de la diversité biologique. The only concern now is to plunder and destroy biological diversity.
  • proie
  • ravager
  • ravir
  • saccageNous en sommes parfaitement conscients maintenant que la foule pille et saccage tout dans les rues de Bagdad. We are very aware of this now that the mob in Baghdad is plundering and looting its way through the streets.
  • vieilleries

Definition of plunder

Examples

  • The mercenaries plundered the small town
  • The shopkeeper was plundered of his possessions by the burglar
  • The mercenaries plundered all the goods they found
  • “Now to plunder, mateys!” screamed a buccaneer, to cries of “Arrgh!” and “Aye!” all around
  • The miners plundered the jungle for its diamonds till it became a muddy waste
  • The Hessian kept his choicest plunder in a sack that never left his person, for fear that his comrades would steal it

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