Sentence examples for the plunder of from inspiring English sources

To many Burmese, however, it represents nothing less than the plunder of their country.

This is not how Frith felt about the plunder of antiquities.

But the structural crisis that could kill capitalism lies beyond this: in the plunder of society's wealth by oligarchs; the plunder of the public domain by privatisation and monopoly power – plus rampant corruption and anarchy replacing geostrategic order.

There is even a growing sense that the plunder of talent from the Pacific island nations must cease.

It showed that "the fruits of peace always outweigh the plunder of war", the US president said.

This original nucleus was rapidly expanded by purchases and gifts as well as by the plunder of war and colonial conquest.

Who in Holland could object to the plundering of a plunderer?

But the plundering of natural resources was having a discernible effect on the land.

This is the most compelling reason for anger at the plundering of a great institution, from within and without.

By Ian Frazier Vertical farming can allow former cropland to go back to nature and reverse the plundering of the earth.

In a question put to viewers, 77 percent said they believed the Kenyan Army was responsible for the plundering of Westgate.