• The army is unlikely to be happy at an air-force man plundering its resources.

    ECONOMIST: Indonesia

  • Marauding Viking Norsemen from Scandinavia encountered the basin on their seasonal plundering voyages around the early 9th Century.

    BBC: Dublin's Viking heritage

  • In Central and South America European explorers found dense populations ripe for plundering.

    ECONOMIST: Creating economic wealth

  • Similarly, Atlantic trade and plundering of the colonies were too insignificant in revenue to have made the real difference.

    WSJ: Cultural Conversation: The New Theories of Moral Sentiments

  • Rwanda and neighbouring Uganda are accused of continuing to fuel unrest by smuggling in arms and plundering the region's resources.

    BBC: A rebel soldier with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher

  • The general had been under investigation after allegations, by the United Nations, of plundering during Uganda's occupation of parts of Congo.

    ECONOMIST: Losing the way

  • To many in Colombia and Peru, this is yet another story of robbers robbing robbers, plunderers plundering the plunder of other plunderers.

    FORBES: Chasing Gold Coins to Spain

  • As far back as the Middle Ages, successive Nile-based rulers established a pattern of plundering Sudan's southern and western hinterlands for slaves.

    ECONOMIST: Sudan

  • Blacky Durazo became a brutal chief of police in Mexico City, eventually jailed for plundering millions of pesos from the public purse.

    ECONOMIST: José López Portillo | The

  • For him, the park represents a convenient alliance of economy and ecology, providing a cheap exciting retail space without extensive plundering of resources.

    CNN: SHARE THIS

  • Both companies will be plundering their cash on hand with verve.

    FORBES: Connect

  • While Sharples took the plaudits for plundering the points with his four tries in the second half he himself was heaping praise on stand-off Nicky Robinson.

    BBC: Gloucester's Charlie Sharples wants repeat performance

  • HarperCollins is all set to publish the autobiographical License to Steal: The Secret World of Wall Street Brokers and the Systematic Plundering of the American Investor.

    FORBES: The Informer

  • But White and Wessels, who brought up his half-century by plundering three boundaries in one Harris over, launched a counter-attack, adding 50 in just 39 balls.

    BBC: Centurions revive Northants hopes

  • Despite South Africa's precarious start, Kallis tore into India's bowlers, plundering Ishant Sharma and spinners Harbhajan Singh and Amit Mishra all over the Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground.

    BBC: Jacques Kallis ton puts S Africa on top against India

  • Now grown up and living on the very edge of a vast expanse of Surrey heath land, I have once again taken to plundering the hedgerows for their free fare.

    BBC: Surrey - Bring on the blackberry season!

  • In 1970, the Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property was adopted to combat plundering and trafficking of such property.

    UNESCO: 18_eng

  • The movie's kneejerk theme of greedy humans plundering distant ecosystems for energy riches didn't make the cut with the Academy, or with the readers who contributed nominations to our survey of best energy-themed movies ever.

    FORBES: The Award for Best Oil Movie Ever Goes To ...

  • "TWA would not be in bankruptcy court now if it were not for Mr. Icahn's prior plundering of our airline's resources, " said Robert Pastore , chairman of the TWA Master Executive Council of Air Line Pilots in a statement.

    FORBES: Management & Trends

  • On top of half centuries from Shivnarine Chanderpaul (54) and Phil Mustard (50), Kyle Coetzer gave them a big finish as he hit three fours in an over off Chris Tremlett in plundering 29 not out off 18 balls.

    BBC: Lumb smashes Hants to D/L victory

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