PLUNDERAGE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("plunderage" is a kind of...):

defalcation; embezzlement; misapplication; misappropriation; peculation (the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else)

Derivation:

plunder (plunder (a town) after capture)

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