plunderer
noun [ C ] uk/ˈplʌn.dər.ər/ us/ˈplʌn.dɚ.ɚ/
掠夺者
someone who steals or removes things, especially in a violent or severe way
He was an art dealer and one of the Third Reich's most notorious art plunderers. 他是一名艺术品经销商，也是第三帝国最臭名昭著的艺术品掠夺者之一。
Many archaeologists regard metal detectorists as ignorant plunderers.
See: plunder
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- The empty houses are vulnerable to plunderers.
- The museum still houses huge centuries-old statues, items too heavy for plunderers to haul off.
- Overseas students were presented as unpatriotic and their host countries as "brain plunderers".