plundering

Definitions

The act of stealing goods from a place or person, typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder.

The action of taking material goods or resources from a place in a dishonest or destructive way.

Examples

The invading army spent the afternoon plundering the village of its grain and livestock.

The documentary exposed the illegal practice of plundering ancient shipwrecks for personal profit.

Synonyms

looting pillaging ransacking raiding stealing robbing despoiling

Antonyms

protecting preserving restoring guarding donating giving saving