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  1. plundering, pillage, pillagingadjective

    the act of stealing valuable things from a place

    "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"

    Synonyms:
    prize, booty, plunder, swag, loot, dirty money, pillaging, pillage

    Antonyms:
    unacquisitive

  2. plunderingadjective

    given to taking by force what is desired

    Antonyms:
    unacquisitive

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  1. List of paraphrases for "plundering":

    looting, pillaging, pillage, plunder, looted, dispossession, sacking, loot

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How to use plundering in a sentence?

  1. Donald Trump:

    The days of plundering American jobs and American wealth -- those days are over.

  2. Italian Culture Minister Dario Franceschini:

    (This) has led to the recovery of thousands of archaeological items and defeated a criminal organization dedicated to plundering southern Italy's cultural heritage.

  3. Arturo Pierre Martinez:

    The illegal war carried out against the nation of Iraq serves as a perfect example of how the U.S. government acts much like a Mafia enterprise ... criminally plundering entire nations of their resources, strategic reserves and economies.


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