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plundering: the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"; given to taking by force what is desired

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predatory collapse: living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal"

marauding collapse: characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding; "bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a raiding party"

sacking collapse: coarse fabric used for bags or sacks

banditry collapse: the practice of plundering in gangs

looting collapse: plundering during riots or in wartime

pillaging collapse

predacious collapse: hunting and killing other animals for food

depredation collapse: an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding

foray collapse: an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence); "scientists' forays into politics"; a sudden short attack; briefly enter enemy territory

spoliation collapse: (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence

robbery collapse: larceny by threat of violence

despoliation collapse

plunder collapse: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

ravishment collapse

raid collapse: an attempt by speculators to defraud investors; search for something needed or desired; "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator"; take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock; "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"; search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house"

pillage collapse

rape collapse: the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will; the act of despoiling a country in warfare; Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop; destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"; force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night"

ravage collapse: (usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of time"; "the depredations of age and disease"

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