English-Swedish translations for plunder

• plundra
  Jag tror faktiskt, för att säga det rent ut, att detta är en licens för att plundra.I tend to believe that, to put it bluntly, this is a licence to plunder.
  Ingen har rätt att förstöra och plundra regionen.No one has the right to rape and plunder that region.
  Detta berikar imperialisterna genom att plundra folken på deras välstånd.This enriches the imperialists by plundering the wealth of the peoples.
• plundring en
  Man skulle lika gärna kunna försöka göra mord, plundring och bortförande till mer etiskt försvarbara handlingar.One might as well try to make murder, plunder or abduction more ethical.
  En del av våra rikedomar är ett resultat av den koloniala plundring som Afrika har varit offer för.Part of our wealth came from the colonial plundering inflicted on Africa.
  Korruption, plundring av landet far hårt fram med nationen.Corruption was rife, and the country was mercilessly plundered.

Definition of plunder

• To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force ; to raid, sack
• To take by pillage
• To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid
• To make extensive use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully
• To take unexpectedly.hmmm, improvable def?--
• An instance of plundering
• Baggage; luggage

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

Related words

• plundering
• plunderer
• plunderable
• unplundered
• plunderous
• not plundered