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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessaqueador
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /sa.ke.aˈdoɾ/
"O museu foi destruído por saqueadores durante o conflito."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A person who steals goods forcibly, especially during a time of war, riot, or civil unrest.
"The historic castle was left in ruins after being ransacked by successive waves of plunderers." - 2
Someone who steals or misappropriates resources, treasures, or assets destructively.
"Environmental activists condemned the corporations as ecological plunderers of the rainforest."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the verb plunder, which entered English in the mid-17th century from the German word plündern, meaning 'to pillage'. It gained widespread usage during the Thirty Years' War, reflecting the harsh realities of wartime looting and destruction.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Plunderer" is said worldwide
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pilleur
Transliteration: /pi.jœʁ/
"Les pilleurs ont saccagé le musée pendant la nuit."
Plünderer
Transliteration: /ˈplʏndəʁɐ/
"Die Plünderer stahlen wertvolle Artefakte aus dem Tempel."
predone
Transliteration: /preˈdo.ne/
"I predoni hanno attaccato il villaggio all'alba."
saqueador
Transliteration: /sa.ke.aˈðoɾ/
"La policía detuvo a varios saqueadores en el centro comercial."
saqueador
Transliteration: /sa.ke.aˈdoɾ/
"O museu foi destruído por saqueadores durante o conflito."
लूटेरा
Transliteration: luṭerā
"सेना ने शहर को लूटेरों से बचाया।"
掠夺者
Transliteration: lüè duó zhě
"博物馆遭到了掠夺者的破坏。"
약탈자
Transliteration: yaktalja
"약탈자들이 도시의 상점을 부수고 물건을 훔쳤다."
略奪者
Transliteration: ryakudatsusha
"その遺跡はかつて略奪者によって荒らされた。"
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