plundered

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plundered - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Plunder \Plun"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plundered; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Plundering.] [G. pl["u]ndern to plunder, plunder
     frippery, baggage.]
     1. 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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              Nebuchadnezzar plunders the temple of God. --South.
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     2. To take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy
        plundered all the goods they found.
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     Syn: To pillage; despoil; sack; rifle; strip; rob.
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plundered - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  plundered
      adj 1: wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value; "the
             robbers left the looted train"; "people returned to the
             plundered village" [syn: looted, pillaged,
             plundered, ransacked]