plunderous

plunderous
by nature or otherwise characteristically tending to plundering

Piracy is an utterly plunderous business


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  • plunderous — index larcenous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • plunderous — adjective Date: 1845 given to plundering …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • plunderous — See plunderable. * * * …   Universalium

  • plunderous — plun·der·ous …   English syllables

  • plunderous — d(ə)rəs adjective : given to or characterized by plundering …   Useful english dictionary

  • plunder — plunderable, adj. plunderer, n. plunderingly, adv. plunderous, adj. /plun deuhr/, v.t. 1. to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town. 2. to rob, despoil, or fleece: to plunder the… …   Universalium

  • larcenous — lar·ce·nous / lär sə nəs/ adj 1: of, relating to, or having the nature of larceny larcenous intent a larcenous scheme 2: committing larceny Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • looting — Synonyms and related words: assault, attack, banditry, battering, brigandage, brigandism, butchery, depredation, despoiling, despoilment, despoliation, direption, disorderliness, foraging, foray, forcible seizure, freebooting, killing, laying… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • marauding — Synonyms and related words: banditry, brigandage, brigandism, depredation, despoiling, despoilment, despoliation, direption, foraging, foray, freebooting, looting, pillage, pillaging, plunder, plundering, plunderous, predacious, predatory, raid,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • pillaging — Synonyms and related words: assault, attack, banditry, battering, brigandage, brigandism, butchery, depredation, despoiling, despoilment, despoliation, direption, disorderliness, foraging, foray, forcible seizure, freebooting, killing, laying… …   Moby Thesaurus

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