“The thieves were apprehended before they could make off with their plunder.”

“Camp followers and curiosity-seekers were eager to follow the main army southward to engage in the plunder of Spartan farms.”

“They got together from the neighboring camps to endeavor, if possible, to overtake us encumbered with our plunder.”

“The plundering of the ancient tomb was met with great controversy among archaeologists.”

“There is true political economy shaking hands with the plunderer of the Saxon!”

“He was, of course, a consummate thief, but he was probably not the most thoroughgoing plunderer among the world's despots.”

“Some of the country's 226m people, meanwhile, debated his legacy: was he a nation-builder or a plunderer of the nation's wealth?”

“In 1995 he was shown many of the same sculptures, but by then plunderers had cut them up to sell piece by piece on the antiquities market.”

“Ultimately, when we talk about government, we are talking about a bunch of ignorant bullies, looters, and plunderers.”

“Competition between elites is too easily turned into collusion between plunderers.”