Plunder vs Piracy - What's the difference?
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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.
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An instance of plundering
The loot attained by plundering
(slang, dated) baggage; luggage
(nautical) Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it.
A similar violation of international law, such as hijacking of an aircraft.
The unauthorized duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law (e.g. copying software unlawfully).
The operation of an unlicensed radio or television station.
Plunder is a related term of piracy.
As a verb plunder
is .As a noun piracy is
(nautical) robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it.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.
piracy
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Noun
- How shoud the international community respond to Somali piracy ?