Plunder

//ˈplʌndə//

Synonyms for "plunder" (146 found)

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Translations

255 translations across 47 languages.

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Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • λάφυρα noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • σκῦλα noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • ἕλωρ noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • πορθέω verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))

Arabic

3 entries
  • حَرَبَ verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))
  • سَلَبَ verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))
  • نَهَبَ verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))

Armenian

4 entries
  • ավար noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • թալան noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • թալանել verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))
  • թալանել verb (to commit robbery or looting (intransitive))

Aromanian

4 entries
  • pljashcã noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • pradã noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • spolji noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • dispolj verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • talamaq verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))
  • talan etmək verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • грабеж noun (instance of plundering)
  • обир noun (instance of plundering)
  • плячка noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • грабя verb (to commit robbery or looting (intransitive))

Catalan

2 entries
  • pillar verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))
  • saquejar verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 掠奪 /掠夺 verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))

Czech

4 entries
  • kořist noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • lup noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • loupit verb (to take by force or wrongfully)
  • rabovat verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))

Dutch

4 entries
  • brandschatting noun (instance of plundering)
  • buit noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • plunderbuit noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • plundering noun (instance of plundering)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • HA-A-q:D40 verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))

Finnish

4 entries
  • ryöstö noun (instance of plundering)
  • ryöstösaalis noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • ryöstää verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))
  • ryöstää verb (to take by force or wrongfully)

French

3 entries
  • butin noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • pillage noun (instance of plundering)
  • piller verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))

Georgian

4 entries
  • გლეჯს verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))
  • იპარავს verb (to commit robbery or looting (intransitive))
  • იტაცებს verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))
  • იტაცებს verb (to take by force or wrongfully)

German

4 entries
  • Beute noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • Plünderung noun (instance of plundering)
  • Raubgut noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • ausbeuten verb (to use or use up wrongfully)

Greek

4 entries
  • διαγούμισμα noun (instance of plundering)
  • κούρσεμα noun (instance of plundering)
  • λάφυρα noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • λαφυραγώγηση noun (instance of plundering)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • בַּז verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))

Hungarian

4 entries
  • zsákmány noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • fosztogat verb (to take by force or wrongfully)
  • kifoszt verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))
  • kifoszt verb (to use or use up wrongfully)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • menjarah verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))

Ingrian

3 entries
  • rööstää verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))
  • rööstää verb (to take by force or wrongfully)
  • rööstää verb (to commit robbery or looting (intransitive))

Irish

4 entries
  • argain noun (instance of plundering)
  • slad noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • creach verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))
  • slad verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))

Italian

4 entries
  • bottino noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • saccheggio noun (instance of plundering)
  • sacco noun (instance of plundering)
  • depredare verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))

Japanese

1 entries
  • 略奪する verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))

Korean

1 entries
  • 약탈 noun (instance of plundering)

Latin

4 entries
  • praeda noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • rapīna noun (instance of plundering)
  • expīlō verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))
  • populor verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))

Māori

4 entries
  • hone verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))
  • hone verb (to take by force or wrongfully)
  • hui verb (to take by force or wrongfully)
  • kōhunu verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • bytte noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • plyndring noun (instance of plundering)
  • plyndre verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))
  • plyndre verb (to take by force or wrongfully)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • bytte noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • plyndring noun (instance of plundering)
  • plyndre verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))
  • plyndre verb (to take by force or wrongfully)

Occitan

2 entries
  • pilhar verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))
  • saquejar verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))

Old Armenian

2 entries
  • ապուռ noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • աւար noun (loot attained by plundering)

Old English

1 entries
  • strūdan verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • تاراج noun (instance of plundering)
  • تاراج noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • صویغون noun (instance of plundering)
  • غنیمت noun (loot attained by plundering)

Persian

3 entries
  • تاراج noun (instance of plundering)
  • غارَت noun (instance of plundering)
  • چپاول noun (instance of plundering)

Polish

4 entries
  • grabić verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))
  • obrabować verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))
  • obłupić verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))
  • ograbić verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))

Portuguese

4 entries
  • butim noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • pilhagem noun (instance of plundering)
  • saque noun (instance of plundering)
  • saque noun (loot attained by plundering)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਲੁੱਟਣਾ verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))

Romanian

3 entries
  • pradă noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • despuia verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))
  • prăda verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))

Russian

4 entries
  • грабёж noun (instance of plundering)
  • добы́ча noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • награ́бленное добро́ noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • разграбле́ние noun (instance of plundering)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • creach noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • creach verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))
  • creach verb (to take by force or wrongfully)
  • creach verb (to commit robbery or looting (intransitive))

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • plijȇn noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • plȇn noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • пле̑н noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • плије̑н noun (loot attained by plundering)

Spanish

4 entries
  • botín noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • despojo noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • expoliación noun (instance of plundering)
  • expolio noun (loot attained by plundering)

Swedish

4 entries
  • plundring noun (instance of plundering)
  • plundra verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))
  • plundra verb (to take by force or wrongfully)
  • plundra verb (to commit robbery or looting (intransitive))

Turkish

4 entries
  • ganimet noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • olca noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • plaçka noun (loot attained by plundering)
  • talan noun (instance of plundering)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • грабува́ти verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))
  • плюндрува́ти verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))
  • поплюндрува́ти verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))
  • розграбо́вувати verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))

Walloon

4 entries
  • branscater verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))
  • forsipoujhî verb (to use or use up wrongfully)
  • haper verb (to take by force or wrongfully)
  • piyî verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))

Welsh

1 entries
  • ysbeilio verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אַוועקגזלען verb (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive))

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

When the pirates saw the handsome youth, who, they knew, would be a prize of greater value than all the plunder they could find in the fields, they ceased to pursue the goats or to search for other spoil, and dragged him to their vessel, while he wept in despair, and called loudly on his Chloe.

Source: tatoeba (6212547)

Their vessels being now full of plunder, the Methymnaeans deemed it advisable not to prosecute their voyage any farther, the more especially as they were apprehensive of the winter-storms, and of an attack on the part of the inhabitants.

Source: tatoeba (6212740)

The crews, having plenty of provisions among their plunder, ate and drank and gave themselves up to rejoicing, as if they had been celebrating a festival of victory.

Source: tatoeba (6213001)

You have filled the fields, which are dear to me, with the tumult of war: you have taken as plunder the herds and flocks, which were my peculiar care.

Source: tatoeba (6213012)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.