plunderings
Acts of pillaging
Plunderings is the plural of plundering, the noun form of the verb plunder.
A plundering is an act of stealing goods by force, typically during war, riots, or other periods of chaos.
The word emphasizes violent or lawless taking rather than ordinary theft.
The plunderings continued for days after the city fell.
Historical accounts often describe multiple plunderings when armies repeatedly ransacked conquered territories.
Violent theft of goods
- ransackingSearching while wrecking
- sackingDismissal from employment
- raidingSudden attack for plunder
- spoliationDestruction or plundering
booty · spoils · depredation · marauding · rapine · foraging · stripping · seizure
Defeating and seizing control
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- sackingDismissal from employment
- occupationOne's regular paid work
campaign · raid · incursion · spoils of war · victor · vanquished · subjugation · annexed
Caribbean colonial-era pirate
- corsairPirate or pirate ship
- privateerAuthorized civilian warship
- treasureValued wealth or keepsake
- CaribbeanTropical Atlantic region
Blackbeard · Jolly Roger · galleon · swashbuckler · cutlass · doubloon · brigantine · Spanish Main
Excessive desire for riches
- rapacityAggressive, seizing greed
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- insatiabilityInability to feel satisfied
hoarding · grasping · profiteering · enrichment · ill-gotten gains · windfall · accumulation · picked clean
Selfish use of others
- extractionAct of removing
- empireDomain under unified control
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
dispossession · subjugation · indigenous · artifacts · treasures · resources · gold · silver
pillage
Violent theft of goods
- ransackingSearching while wrecking
- sackingDismissal from employment
- raidingSudden attack for plunder
spoliation · booty · spoils · depredation · marauding · rapine · foraging · stripping · seizure · appropriation
conquest
Defeating and seizing control
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- sackingDismissal from employment
occupation · campaign · raid · incursion · spoils of war · victor · vanquished · subjugation · annexed · tribute
buccaneer
Caribbean colonial-era pirate
Caribbean · Blackbeard · Jolly Roger · galleon · swashbuckler · cutlass · doubloon · brigantine · Spanish Main · marooned
avarice
Excessive desire for riches
- rapacityAggressive, seizing greed
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
insatiability · hoarding · grasping · profiteering · enrichment · ill-gotten gains · windfall · accumulation · picked clean · despoiled
exploitation
Selfish use of others
- extractionAct of removing
- empireDomain under unified control
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
colonialism · dispossession · subjugation · indigenous · artifacts · treasures · resources · gold · silver · spices
plunderingsfair trade
Equitable exchange between parties
commerce · purchases · bartering · trading · negotiations
plunderingsdonations
Gifts to organizations
restitutions · benevolences · philanthropy · bestowals · gifting
plunderingsenrichments
Additions that improve quality
provisions · blessings · endowments · protections · preservations