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PLUNDERAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plunderage mean? 

PLUNDERAGE (noun)
  The noun PLUNDERAGE has 1 sense:

1. the act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard)play

  Familiarity information: PLUNDERAGE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PLUNDERAGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("plunderage" is a kind of...):

defalcation; embezzlement; misapplication; misappropriation; peculation (the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else)

Derivation:

plunder (plunder (a town) after capture)


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