plündern

vt/i

1. (Stadt) loot, plunder, pillage; es wurde gemordet und geplündert there was killing and looting

2. umg. (Kühlschrank, Konto etc.) raid; (Obstbaum, Weihnachtsbaum) strip (bare); (Buch) scavenge

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to rob; to spoil; to raid; to plunder; to pillage; to maraud; to loot; to harry; to go to waste; to despoil; to ravage

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plụ̈n|dern ['plʏndɐn]

vti

to loot, to plunder, to pillage; (= ausrauben) to raid; Obstbaum to strip

jemand hat unsere or auf unserer Obstplantage geplündert — somebody's raided our orchard

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1) (to rob or steal from (a place): The soldiers looted the shops of the captured town.) loot

2) raid

3) (to rob or steal from (a place): The soldiers plundered and looted (the city).) plunder

4) (loot, plunder: The army ransacked the conquered city.) ransack

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plün·dern

[ˈplʏndɐn]

I. vt

1. (ausrauben)

▪ etw \plündern to plunder [or loot] sth

2. (leeren)

▪ etw \plündern to raid sth fam

den Kühlschrank \plündern to raid the fridge

II. vi to plunder

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intransitives, transitives Verb

1) loot; plunder, pillage <town>

2) (scherzh.): ([fast] leeren) raid <larder, fridge, account>; <bird, animal> strip <tree, border>

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plündern v/t & v/i

1. (Stadt) loot, plunder, pillage;

es wurde gemordet und geplündert there was killing and looting

2. umg (Kühlschrank, Konto etc) raid; (Obstbaum, Weihnachtsbaum) strip (bare); (Buch) scavenge

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intransitives, transitives Verb

1) loot; plunder, pillage <town>

2) (scherzh.): ([fast] leeren) raid <larder, fridge, account>; <bird, animal> strip <tree, border>

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adj.

spoiled adj. v.

to despoil v.

to harry v.

to loot v.

to maraud v.

to pillage v.

to plunder v.

to sack v.

to spoil v.

(§ p.,p.p.: spoiled)

or p.p.: spoilt•)