Plunder
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The capture of personal property on land by a public enemy, with a view of making it his own. The property so captured is called "plunder." The taking by open force, as by pirates. It has been used in the sense of aggravated and open larceny.
8 Fed. 232.