掠夺

掠奪

lüèduó

verb HSK 7-9 #9,597

Meanings

1 to plunder
2 to loot
3 to pillage

Characters

to plunder; to sweep

to seize; to snatch

Examples

侵略者掠夺了大量文物。

Qīnlüèzhě lüèduó le dàliàng wénwù.

The invaders plundered a large number of cultural relics.

他们掠夺了村庄里的一切。

Tāmen lüèduó le cūnzhuāng lǐ de yīqiè.

They looted everything in the village.

Tips

usage

掠夺 implies taking by force on a large scale. For smaller-scale theft, use 抢 (qiǎng) or 偷 (tōu).

Stroke Order

掠 lüè

夺 duó