Sentence examples for by plunder from inspiring English sources

Wars were accompanied by plunder, kidnappings and ransom.

The Parthenon marbles and the Rosetta stone are only the best known examples of wonders gained by plunder.

General Nkunda said his rebellion was not motivated, like so many others fighting here, by plunder of Congo's natural resources.

Comanche bands were feared by the Spaniards of the Southwest because they subsisted as much by plunder as by buffalo hunting.

[cartoon id= a13581"] The hope — and it isn't much more than that — of critics of American policy is that a new generation of military officers will come to power with the understanding that government by plunder has hit diminishing returns.

"The mystery isn't the mystery of Perón alone, but of Argentina, where the political realities, of plunder and the animosities engendered by plunder, have for so long been clouded by rhetoric".

It may yet be able to bolster profits by plundering its vast hidden reserves.

By plundering Congo, some have found a way of enriching themselves without upsetting their own people.

And by plundering Licinius' treasury and despoiling the pagan temples, he was able to restore the finances of the state.

Experiments have shown that these reserves increase catches in the long term, provided no one cheats by plundering them.

At the end of 1186 Reginald again broke a truce with Saladin by plundering a caravan in which a sister of Saladin was traveling.