plunder

v. 1 rob or steal, esp. In wartime; loot. 2 exploit (another person's or common property) for one's own profit. n. 1 activity of plundering. 2 property so acquired. [german plndern]

v. t. To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers.