plundering

1. 1.

   the act of stealing valuable things from a place

   “the plundering of the Parthenon”

   “his plundering of the great authors”

   Synonymspillagepillaging

   Broaderaggression

   Narrowerbanditryrapelootingspoilravagingdepredationsack

1. 1.

   given to taking by force what is desired

   Similaracquisitive

Other forms of plundering

plural

plunderings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about plundering

What does plundering mean?

plundering means "the act of stealing valuable things from a place". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in plundering?

plundering has 3 syllables: plun-de-ring. The stress falls on "plun". In IPA it is /ˈplʌndɚɪŋ/.

What is another word for plundering?

Close synonyms include pillage, pillaging. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is plundering a common word?

plundering is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.