ploat
An older English verb, possibly related to dialectal 'ploit' or connected to plundering vocabulary of the 16th–17th centuries.
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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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To plunder or rifle.
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To pluck or strip off.
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