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Plunder

To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers.

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Manner of action 2

Deplume 76% connected

To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of plumage.

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Displume 76% connected

To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive of decoration; to dishonor; to degrade.

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Broader term 5

Destroy 76% connected

To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Rip 76% connected

A wicker fish basket.

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Ruin 76% connected

The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.

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Steal 76% connected

A handle; a stale, or stele.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Derivationally related 10

Plunderer 74% connected

One who plunders or pillages.

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Plunderer 74% connected

One who plunders or pillages.

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Prize 74% connected

That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.

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Prize 74% connected

That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.

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Reave 74% connected

To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Reave 74% connected

To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sack 74% connected

A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

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Sack 74% connected

A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

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Spoliation 74% connected

The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation.

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Spoliation 74% connected

The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation.

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Entails 2

Destroy 72% connected

To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.

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Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

Ruin 72% connected

The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.

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Component part 1

Cut 70% connected

of Cut

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Synonym 15

Booty 92% connected

That which is seized by violence or obtained by robbery, especially collective spoil taken in war; plunder; pillage.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Despoil 92% connected

To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Foray 92% connected

A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Loot 92% connected

The act of plundering.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pillage 92% connected

The act of pillaging; robbery.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Prize 92% connected

That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Ransack 92% connected

To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rape 92% connected

Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reave 92% connected

To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rifle 92% connected

To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Sack 92% connected

A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Spoil 92% connected

To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Strip 92% connected

To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Swag 92% connected

To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Violate 92% connected

To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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