Sentence examples for Was plunder from inspiring English sources
His principal objective was plunder, not exploration; his initial targets were the unfortified Spanish towns on the Pacific coasts of Chile and Peru.
No one's reputation was plundered more Thursday than Mathieu's after his arrest in Baton Rouge.
During the American Revolution it was plundered by British troops under Major General William Tryon.
It was plundered by Muslims in the 12th and 15th centuries.
Puerto Rico was further ravaged by disease, and it was plundered by French, British, and Dutch pirates.
When Carthage finally fell in 146 bce, the site was plundered and burned.
After being disturbed intermittently, the tomb was plundered during the French Wars of Religion in 1562.
It was plundered again in 1194, by which time it was almost totally destroyed.
The countryside was plundered, but the Byzantine forces retired after one week.
Plymouth public library was plundered for books on the South Atlantic.
And it was plundered in World War II, when the Nazis occupied the city.
