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Plunder

2 stages from Dutch/German to English.

Today it means to rob a place or person by force, especially during war or chaos
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Stage 1 of 2
plunderen
Dutch/German · medieval
"to strip a household of goods"
meaning "to rob of household goods", from "plunder" (household items)
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Stage 2 of 2
plunder
English · 1600s
"to rob by force, especially during war"
adopted during the Thirty Years' War through military contact
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