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plunderer:
(plural: ‘plunderers‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘u’ rhymes with the letter ‘u’ in “but”)
plunderers being chased by the police in Kenya
a thief/robber who plunders; a looter,
(‘to plunder’ = to rob of or take away valuable things by force, usually the enemy soldiers after winning a war or local thieves during a natural disaster, such as a flood, earthquake, etc.)
e.g.
In the past, the soldiers who won a war became plunderers and plundered not only the great cities but also the small cities of the defeated country, and took back all the booty to their own country.
After the tsunami devastation, most of the survivors were troubled by local plunderers who plundered the surviving shops and homes of the goods and food stocks.
The Haitian police arrested several plunderers who tried to plunder the homes and shops in the cities and towns that partly survived the recent earthquake.
plunderers plundering a supermarket in Haiti
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