1. (

• plundering ,
• pillage ,
• pillaging

) the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors" ;

1. (

• plunder ,
• despoil ,
• loot ,
• reave ,
• strip ,
• rifle ,
• ransack ,
• pillage ,
• foray

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