🇬🇧🇪🇸 plunder - botín : English Lesson

Meaning of "plunder" ("botín"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Plunder refers to valuable things that have been taken, often during a battle, a robbery, or by mischievous siblings raiding your candy stash. It can include treasures, money, or anything someone grabs without permission.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

My dog ran off with my sandwich—his plunder for the day.

The fridge was full in the morning, but by night, my brother’s plunder had left it empty.

The teacher’s desk was a fortress of confiscated plunder: candy, toys, and notes.

My baby cousin stole my phone and ran away laughing with his tiny plunder.

I dropped a French fry, and my dog took off with it like he’d found buried plunder.

A thunder of boots, a bright torch, children clutch dolls as men run with plunder. Old Anna points to her box, the plunder gone. A boy chases, grabs a sack of plunder, another plunder falls. The village cries, then nets trap one man; some plunder returns and the village breathes.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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