plunder

Noun

• goods or money obtained illegally

Verb

• destroy and strip of its possession
  • The soldiers raped the beautiful country
    

• steal goods; take as spoils
  • During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
    

• plunder (a town) after capture
  • the barbarians sacked Rome
    

• take illegally; of intellectual property
  • This writer plundered from famous authors
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  loot , booty , pillage , prize , swag , dirty money , rape , spoil , despoil , violate , reave , strip , rifle , ransack , foray , sack