How do you use the word "plunder" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "plunder" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "plunder": It is my intention to plunder and pilfer my weasely guts out. I've come to plunder your treasure.

Plunder Meaning

/ˈplʌndə/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.

verbTo take (goods) by pillage.

Sentence Examples

It is my intention to plunder and pilfer my weasely guts out.

I've come to plunder your treasure.

They lived for deeds of daring and plunder.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

prize strip sack

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The invading army began to ____ the village, stealing all its treasures.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The invading army began to ____ the city, taking everything of value from homes and shops.

Word Origin & History

Recorded since 1632 during the Thirty Years War, native British use since the Cromwellian Civil War. Borrowed from German plündern (“to loot”), from Middle High German, from Middle Low German plunderen, from a noun originally meaning "household goods, bedding, clothing," of obscure ultimate origin. This is first attested in medieval records, and according to Gijsseling, is therefore attested too late to be considered a substrate word. Due to the lack of obvious cognates in other languages from which it would have been loaned, it could have developed as some slang word in Lower Saxony/the Low Countries. Cognate with Dutch plunderen, West Frisian plonderje, Saterland Frisian plunnerje. Probably denominal from a word for “household goods, clothes, bedding”; compare Middle Dutch plunder, German Plunder (“stuff”), Dutch and West Frisian plunje (“clothes”). The Philippine definition originates with the Anti-Plunder Act, an act of Congress enacted in 1991.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Now Azaēlos, the king of Syria, made war on the Israelites and their king Jehu, and ravaged the eastern parts of the country across the Jordan […] spreading fire everywhere and plundering everything and inflicting violence on all who fell into his hands." — 1937, Josephus, Ralph Marcus, transl., chapter VIII, in Josephus: With an English Translation (Loeb Classical Library), volume VI (Jewish Antiquities), London: William Heinemann Ltd.; Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, published 1958, →OCLC, book IX, paragraph 1, page 87:

"The Serb teed up Steve Davis, who crossed low for Graziano Pellè to plunder his fifth league goal of the campaign." — 2014 October 18, Paul Doyle, “Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter”, in The Guardian:

"[…] till a long-legged boy brought him out of his revery, by an offer to carry his “plunder,” in whatsoever direction he might desire to direct his steps." — 1880, The Peterson Magazine, volumes 77-78, page 215:

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