To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder. From LearnThat.org. [Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)]
Hard to say whether Catwallaun was intent on short-term plunder or long-term annexation. From Wordnik.com. [Early medieval armies: campaigning range] Reference
But how much loot will modern-day Willie Suttons really be able to plunder from the cloud?. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Holleyman: How Will Hackers Fare in the Cloud?] Reference
Under statist distribution, everyone earns in proportion to the amount he can plunder from the producers. From Wordnik.com. [The Washington Post discovers fiscal responsibility. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState] Reference
"Allowing short-term plunder" like at Bellary would exhaust all ore deposits within the next 30 years, he warned. From Wordnik.com. [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference
The tsunami created by the energy plunder is engulfing humanity, pushing the ecosystems to the brink of imminent collapse. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Big Oil Launches Attack On Al Gore] Reference
Legal plunder occurs when the law takes from one person and gives to another. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
Any kind of baggage may be called plunder, but the most accepted sense is household goods. From Wordnik.com. [The Hoosier Schoolmaster]
Government for their use, and little can be got by forage, or plunder, which is the same thing. From Wordnik.com. [A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II] Reference
There were some schoolboys who had turned housebreakers, and among their plunder was a silver medal that had been given to one. From Wordnik.com. [Down The River Buck Bradford and His Tyrants] Reference
Sprawled amid the plunder was a body, blond, mid'dle twenties, still marked by that weathered look you pick up in the Cantard. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Copper Tears]
He was just looking back, peering about him to check that he was safe here and alone: once he was sure, his plunder was all his!. From Wordnik.com. [More “Political Poetry” : Kwame Dawes : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation] Reference
I've been one of 'em -- 'I know all about that,' says I. 'You want to share the plunder, that is the sense of your virtuous cry.'. From Wordnik.com. [A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day] Reference
There were some schoolboys who had turned housebreakers, and among their plunder was a silver medal that had been given to one John. From Wordnik.com. [Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World] Reference
But does a writer have a right to "plunder" where they will?. From Wordnik.com. [Cultural Appropriation and the Fiction Writer] Reference
Boone received no injury, but took three horses, and all the "plunder" of the war party. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer] Reference
The scale of this kind of plunder might be unquantified, but its character was unambiguous. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Hey, if this works, who knows what kind of plunder I might dredge up ... posted by Shaun at. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-04-01] Reference
The kind of plunder of taxpayers 'money, corruption, malpractices and dishonesty referred to by the. From Wordnik.com. [SPEECH BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE UNITED NATIONS HABITAT II AFRICAN HOUSING MINISTER'S CONFERENCE] Reference
Paragraph #3 speaks of "plunder" in the context that the evangelicals plunder the community and from one another. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to the editor: June - Nov. 1995] Reference
This great system of "plunder" had been supported by Jefferson. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage] Reference
But he did return, like a good comrade, bringing his "plunder" with him. From Wordnik.com. [Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865] Reference
Keep them poor and dependent on the system, while the elite "plunder" the wealth. From Wordnik.com. [Home] Reference
Europe's largest, is using massive EU subsidies to "plunder" the oceans of the world. From Wordnik.com. [EU News] Reference
Knavery of the description conveyed by "plunder," is chiefly found in regions more civilised. From Wordnik.com. [The Prairie] Reference
Besides, the war against this kind of plunder has not waited for the signal of M. M.ntalembert or M. Carlier. From Wordnik.com. [Essays on Political Economy] Reference
This activity became the basis for the charge of "plunder" at the war crimes trial of Krupp executives after the war. From Wordnik.com. [Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com] Reference
Maria Miller (Con, Basingstoke) added her concerns and asked for assurances that there would be no "plunder" of school surplus funds. From Wordnik.com. [Epolitix News] Reference
Two of the capacious vehicles contained all my "plunder;" and, to manage them, I had hired a couple of lathy, long-haired Missourians. From Wordnik.com. [The Scalp Hunters] Reference
Throughout this argument Dr. Wayland assumes that all wars are wars of aggression, waged for "plunder" or "glory," or through "hatred" or. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars.] Reference
"plunder" from Grant on the 24th, and immediately asked the navy to frustrate any efforts to take it out of the country. From Wordnik.com. [Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865] Reference
Their glory was in rampage, blood-lust, and plunder. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Wagler: Ancient Empires and Conquerors: Reflections on my recent trip to Turkey, Greece and Italy] Reference
A power play between private militias battling over business plunder?. From Wordnik.com. [AND NOW, THE 'DACHA WAR'] Reference
In her brief tenure at the park, Florencio has seen all sorts of plunder. From Wordnik.com. [Not As Green As They Seem] Reference
He is not an obstreperous warlord with blood on his hands, plunder on his mind and a ragtag army. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Conciliator] Reference
The plunder has been turning up ever since in dealers 'catalogs and at auctions around the world. From Wordnik.com. [Babylonian Booty] Reference
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