noun

plunderer

plunderer, looter, raider

The ancient city was attacked by plunderers.

The ancient city was attacked by plunderers.

He was known as a ruthless plunderer of villages.

He was known as a ruthless plunderer of villages.

a plunderer ((of sth.)) a person who steals goods from a place or person He was a plunderer of ancient artifacts.

Synonyms: looter, marauder, raider, pillager

From the verb 'plunder', which comes from German 'plündern', meaning 'to loot'. The '-er' suffix denotes a person who does the action.

Think of someone going 'under' a city's defenses to 'plunder' it. The '-er' makes it the person doing it.

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