See also: 掠夺

Chinese

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plunder rob; snatch
trad. (掠奪)
simp. (掠夺)
alternative forms 略奪略夺

Pronunciation

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Verb

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掠奪

  1. to plunder; to rob; to pillage
    帝國主義掠奪成性 [MSC, trad.]
    帝国主义掠夺成性 [MSC, simp.]
    Dìguózhǔyì lüèduó chéngxìng. [Pinyin]
    Imperialism is predatory by nature.

Synonyms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (掠奪):
  • Japanese: (りゃく)(だつ) (ryakudatsu)
  • Korean: 약탈(掠奪) (yaktal)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
りゃく
Jinmeiyō
だつ
Grade: S
kan'on goon
For pronunciation and definitions of 掠奪 – see the following entry.
略奪りゃくだつ
[noun] a looting, plunder, robbery
[verb] loot, plunder, rob
(This term, 掠奪, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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掠奪 (yaktal) (hangeul 약탈)

  1. hanja form? of 약탈 (plundering; pillaging; looting; robbery)