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Theft with a war crime's swagger and a pirate's PR team.
means To violently rob a place of valuables, especially during war or conquest, on a grand scale.
from From German 'plündern,' meaning to rob of household goods — soldiers in the Thirty Years' War made it infamous across Europe, where it arrived sounding suitably brutal.
Original senseLiterally stealing bedding and clothes, not gold.
War's bonusLong treated as a soldier's legitimate wage.
Now bannedThe Geneva Conventions explicitly outlaw it.