All 3 Uses of
plunder
in
The Road, by McCarthy
- He walked out through the woods to where they'd left the cart. It was still lying there but it had been plundered.
*plundered = stolen from (things of value had been stolen from the cart)
- The country was stripped and plundered years ago and they found nothing in the houses and buildings by the roadside.†
plundered = stole goods; or stolen goods
- He got dressed and they set out down the beach carrying the last of their plunder.†
Definition:
to steal -- often after conquering the location with the goods
or:
the goods stolen
or:
the goods stolen