plunderers
Those who pillage
Plunderers are those who plunder—who seize goods by force, especially during war or civil disorder.
The term applies to invading armies stripping conquered towns, looters during riots, or pirates raiding ships.
By extension, plunderers are anyone who takes ruthlessly from others: corporate plunderers, plunderers of the public trust.
Stolen valuables
- bootyStolen valuables, especially treasure
- spoilsSeized war gains
- treasureValued wealth or keepsake
- swagStolen goods, slang
pillage · haul · takings · stolen goods · ill-gotten gains · riches · valuables · gold
Armed robbers, often roving
- maraudersRoving plunderers
- raidersThose who plunder
- pillagersThose who ransack
- robbersThose who steal forcibly
thieves · outlaws · highwaymen · reavers · looters · freebooters · despoilers · ravagers
Caribbean sea raiders
- corsairsSeafaring plunderers
- privateersLicensed wartime ship raiders
- freebootersMaritime raiders seeking plunder
- swashbucklersFlamboyant adventurous swordsmen
Blackbeard · Captain Kidd · sea dogs · Jolly Roger · skull and crossbones · galleons · doubloons · pieces of eight
Medieval Scandinavian seafarers
- VandalsEast Germanic tribal kingdom
- GothsEast Germanic tribal people
- HunsCentral Asian invaders
- MongolsGenghis's conquering people
Norsemen · barbarians · conquistadors · Visigoths · Ostrogoths · sacking · incursions · razing
Aggressive, seizing greed
- avariceExcessive desire for riches
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- rapaciousnessExcessive greedy grasping
insatiability · voraciousness · greed · grasping · exploitation · profiteering · extortion · asset stripping
Those who enter by force
- colonizersThose who establish foreign control
- occupiersThose currently dwelling somewhere
- subjugatorsThose who dominate others
- usurpersWrongful seizure perpetrators
oppressors · overlords · warlords · imperialists · annexers · enslavers · vanquishers · dominators
loot
Stolen valuables
swag · pillage · haul · takings · stolen goods · ill-gotten gains · riches · valuables · gold · silver
bandits
Armed robbers, often roving
robbers · thieves · outlaws · highwaymen · reavers · looters · freebooters · despoilers · ravagers · ransackers
buccaneers
Caribbean sea raiders
- corsairsSeafaring plunderers
- privateersLicensed wartime ship raiders
- freebootersMaritime raiders seeking plunder
swashbucklers · Blackbeard · Captain Kidd · sea dogs · Jolly Roger · skull and crossbones · galleons · doubloons · pieces of eight · boarding parties
Vikings
Medieval Scandinavian seafarers
Mongols · Norsemen · barbarians · conquistadors · Visigoths · Ostrogoths · sacking · incursions · razing
rapacity
Aggressive, seizing greed
- avariceExcessive desire for riches
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
rapaciousness · insatiability · voraciousness · greed · grasping · exploitation · profiteering · extortion · asset stripping · looting
invaders
Those who enter by force
- colonizersThose who establish foreign control
- occupiersThose currently dwelling somewhere
- subjugatorsThose who dominate others
usurpers · oppressors · overlords · warlords · imperialists · annexers · enslavers · vanquishers · dominators · tyrants
- invadersinvaders, raiders, marauders, pillagers, hordes
- piracysoftware piracy, pirates, torrents, book piracy, buccaneers
- raidersraiders, marauders, pillagers, looters, ravagers
- enemiesenemy, foe, foes, adversary, nemesis
- destroyersdestroyers, guided missile, torpedo tubes, hull, stern
plunderershonest brokers
Impartial third-party facilitators
philanthropists · benefactors · donors · givers · patrons
plunderersprotectors
Those who guard others
defenders · guardians · preservers · custodians · stewards
plunderersbenefactors
Givers of aid
givers · donors · philanthropists · contributors · builders
- plundered artArt seized through theft