Swipe vs Plunder - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between swipe and plunder

is that swipe is to steal or snatch while plunder is .

is (countable) a quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; a sweep.

(swip)

To steal or snatch.

Hey! Who swiped my lunch?

* 1968 , , 00:48:18:

"Maybe I could swipe some Tintex from the five-and-dime."

To scan or register by sliding something through a reader.

He swiped his card at the door.

To grab or bat quickly.

The cat swiped at the shoelace.

(countable) A quick grab, bat, or other motion with the hand or paw; A sweep.

(countable) A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.

(countable, informal) A rough guess; an estimate or swag.

Take a swipe at the answer, even if you're not sure.

(uncountable) Poor, weak beer; small beer.

(en verb)

To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.

''The mercenaries plundered the small town.

The shopkeeper was plundered of his possessions by the burglar.

To take (goods) by pillage.

The mercenaries plundered all the goods they found.

To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.

''"Now to plunder , mateys!" screamed a buccaneer, to cries of "Arrgh!" and "Aye!" all around.

To make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully.

''The miners plundered the jungle for its diamonds till it became a muddy waste.

* 2014 , , " 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.

* plunderable * plunderage * plunderer * plunderous

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An instance of plundering

The loot attained by plundering

''The Hessian kept his choicest plunder in a sack that never left his person, for fear that his comrades would steal it.

(slang, dated) baggage; luggage