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Synonyms for plundering
plun·der·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
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, pillageAntonyms:
unacquisitiveplunderingadjective
given to taking by force what is desired
Antonyms:
unacquisitive
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4300 | prize | |
#4750 | booty | |
#25353 | loot | |
#32835 | looting | |
#33390 | swag | |
#37254 | plunder | |
#46566 | looted | |
#60754 | pillage | |
#66000 | sacking | |
#74268 | plundering | |
#108052 | pillaging | |
#109387 | dispossession |
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The days of plundering American jobs and American wealth -- those days are over.
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.
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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