plunder in WordNet English dictionary

1. goods or money obtained illegally
   loot  booty  pillage  plunder  prize  swag  dirty money 
   

1. destroy and strip of its possession
   "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
   rape  spoil  despoil  violate  plunder 
   
2. steal goods; take as spoils
   "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
   plunder  despoil  loot  reave  strip  rifle  ransack  pillage  foray 
   
3. take illegally; of intellectual property
   "This writer plundered from famous authors"
   loot  plunder 
   
4. plunder (a town) after capture
   "the barbarians sacked Rome"
   sack  plunder