All 3 Uses of
plunder
in
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
- But now a knocking at the door was heard, and such a rush immediately ensued that she with laughing face and plundered dress was borne towards it the centre of a flushed and boisterous group, just in time to greet the father, who came home attended by a man laden with Christmas toys and presents.†
p. 52.6plundered = stole goods; or stolen goods
- But the gallantry of her friends would not allow of this; and the man in faded black, mounting the breach first, produced his plunder.†
p. 101.9 *
- A pale light, rising in the outer air, fell straight upon the bed; and on it, plundered and bereft, unwatched, unwept, uncared for, was the body of this man.†
p. 104.9plundered = stole goods; or stolen goods
Definition:
to steal -- often after conquering the location with the goods
or:
the goods stolen
or:
the goods stolen