plunder(noun)

1: goods or money obtained illegally [syn: loot, booty, pillage, prize, swag, dirty money]
plunder
(verb)
1: take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer plundered from famous authors" [syn: loot]
2: plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome" [syn: sack]
3: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" [syn: despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray]
4: destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country" [syn: rape, spoil, despoil, violate]