Plundering
Plundering noun - The act of stealing valuable things from a place.
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Rape is a synonym for plundering. In some cases you can use "Rape" instead the word "Plundering" as a verb or a noun.
Rape
Rape noun - The act of despoiling a country in warfare.
Plundering is a synonym for rape in defilement topic. You can use "Plundering" instead a noun "Rape".
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- During one memorable scene in the first trilogy, Sparhawk has to politely but firmly explain to their Peloi allies that there will be no rape, plundering or burnination during the invasion of a particular city, because it was one of their own cities that they were liberating from an occupying force.
Source: The Women Are Safe with Us -
When the Belgians refused to co-operate, Germany invaded, and although the stories have been wildly exaggerated since, certainly didn't conduct themselves enormously well: it has been dubbed "The Rape of Belgium", which at the time was a much less emotive term and meant "sacking and plundering".
Source: Useful Notes / Belgium
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