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booty1 |
riches or goods stolen or taken as plunder in war; loot. [1/2 definitions] |
despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
flay |
to take all the goods of; plunder. [1/3 definitions] |
foray |
a quick raid or sudden advance, usu. military and often to take forage or plunder. [1/3 definitions] |
gut |
to destroy or plunder the interior of. [1/11 definitions] |
invade |
to enter as an enemy, by force, in order to conquer or plunder. [1/4 definitions] |
invader |
one who enters as an enemy, by force, in order to conquer or plunder. [1/2 definitions] |
loot |
to forcibly remove goods or valuables from (a place), usu. under conditions of war or general disorder; plunder; pillage. [2/7 definitions] |
maraud |
to rove about in search of plunder; make a raid. [2 definitions] |
marauder |
one who raids or invades in order to plunder. |
pillage |
to openly and forcefully seize goods from, as during a war; plunder. [4 definitions] |
pirate |
to attack and plunder (a ship at sea). [2/7 definitions] |
ransack |
to search through thoroughly, esp. for items to steal; plunder. |
rapine |
the taking of property by force; robbery; plunder. |
reave |
to plunder or pillage. [1/3 definitions] |
sack2 |
to rob of valuables after capturing; plunder; despoil. [1/3 definitions] |
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