An older English verb, possibly related to dialectal 'ploit' or connected to plundering vocabulary of the 16th–17th centuries.
An older English verb, possibly related to dialectal 'ploit' or connected to plundering vocabulary of the 16th–17th centuries. 'Ploat' suggests hurried, opportunistic ransacking — grabbing what can be taken rather than systematic looting. It appears in border ballads and piracy narratives.
The soldiers ploated the farmhouse cellar before the officers could stop them, making off with the winter stores.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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To plunder or rifle.
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To pluck or strip off.
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