plundering

1. The act of stealing valuable things from a place (synset 100967999)
   "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"
   is a type of: aggression, hostility - violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
   subtypes:

   • banditry - the practice of plundering in gangs
   • rape, rapine - the act of despoiling a country in warfare
   • looting, robbery - plundering during riots or in wartime
   • despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoil, spoilation, spoliation - the act of stripping and taking by force
   • devastation, ravaging - plundering with excessive damage and destruction
   • depredation, predation - an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
   • sack - the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter
   same as: pillage, pillaging

1. Given to taking by force what is desired (synset 300030814)
   similar to: acquisitive - eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas

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