Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
PLUNDER
I. verb (plundered; plundering)
Etymology: German plündern
Date: 1632
transitive verb
1. to take the goods of by force (as in war) ; pillage , sack , to take by force or wrongfully ; steal , loot , to make extensive use of as if by plundering ; use or use up wrongfully , intransitive verb to commit robbery or looting, plunderer noun
II. noun
Date: 1643
an act of plundering ; pillaging, something taken by force, theft, or fraud ; loot , personal or household effects, see: spoil