Plunder vs Burglarize - What's the difference?
plunder | burglarize |
To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
To take (goods) by pillage.
To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.
To make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully.
* 2014 , , "
An instance of plundering
The loot attained by plundering
(slang, dated) baggage; luggage
(chiefly, North America) To commit burglary.
*1922 , , Tom Swift And His Electric Locomotive , ch. 9,
*:This attempt to burglarize the house betrayed the caliber of the enemy.
*2007 , Robert Muirhead, "
*:Police said they believed the woman interrupted Harvey as he attempted to burglarize nearby cars.
As verbs the difference between plunder and burglarize
is that plunder is while burglarize is (chiefly|north america) to commit burglary.plunder
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Verb
(en verb)- ''The mercenaries plundered the small town.
- The shopkeeper was plundered of his possessions by the burglar.
- The mercenaries plundered all the goods they found.
- ''"Now to plunder , mateys!" screamed a buccaneer, to cries of "Arrgh!" and "Aye!" all around.
- ''The miners plundered the jungle for its diamonds till it became a muddy waste.
Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian , 18 October 2014:
- The Serb teed up Steve Davis, who crossed low for Graziano Pellè to plunder his fifth league goal of the campaign.
Derived terms
* plunderable * plunderage * plunderer * plunderousNoun
(-)- ''The Hessian kept his choicest plunder in a sack that never left his person, for fear that his comrades would steal it.
burglarize
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Alternative forms
* burglariseVerb
(burglariz)Man sent to prison for robbing woman at gunpoint," JournalInquirer.com (CT), 14 Dec.,