plundered

(verb) take illegally; of intellectual property. Synonyms: loot, plunder. Example: "This writer plundered from famous authors."

(verb) plunder (a town) after capture. Synonyms: sack, plunder. Example: "The barbarians sacked rome."

(verb) steal goods; take as spoils. Synonyms: plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray. Example: "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners."

(verb) destroy and strip of its possession. Synonyms: rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder. Example: "The soldiers raped the beautiful country."

(adj) wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value. Synonyms: looted, pillaged, ransacked. Examples: "The robbers left the looted train." "People returned to the plundered village."