[
UK
/plˈʌndəd/
]
[ US /ˈpɫəndɝd/ ]
[ US /ˈpɫəndɝd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value
the robbers left the looted train
people returned to the plundered village
How To Use plundered In A Sentence
- On land, they plundered logwood, a tree used to produce a dye used in the woolen industry.
- For far too long they've plundered the pockets of the citizens of this country and treated us with utter disrespect.
- Bordered by nine countries, its mineral wealth is brazenly plundered, made possible by an infernally weak state in which corruption, violence and lawlessness are rife.
- After the president fled the country, the palace was plundered by soldiers.
- This administration has debauched our once independent civil service. It has also plundered our pension funds, condemning millions to meagre pickings in their retirement.
- The inn is actually a front for illegal operations involving the luring of ships onto the coastal rocks where the crews are murdered and the ships' cargoes can be plundered.
- The problem was that nobody got close to him at any time as the Brazilian plundered a hat-trick over two legs. The Sun
- The problem was that nobody got close to him at any time as the Brazilian plundered a hat-trick over two legs. The Sun
- A silly thing to say given that the champions have plundered 88 goals in 37 league matches this term? Times, Sunday Times
- There would have been a certain sporting symmetry if he had plundered more goals last night. Times, Sunday Times