plundering
verbHow many syllables in plundering?
There are 3 syllables in the word plundering.How to pronounce plundering:
Definition of plundering:
- plundering (verb):
- to take the goods of by force (as in war) pillage, sack
Synonyms for plundering:
aggression
banditry
buccaneering
criminal
depredation
despoilation
despoilment
despoliation
devastation
grasping
greedy
hostility
looting
marauding
pillage
pillaging
piratical
predation
predatory
rapacious
rape
rapine
ravaging
robbery
sack
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