saqueo

Definitions of saqueo
  1. noun
    the act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard)
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    desfalco, malversación
    the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
  2. noun
    the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm
    synonyms: desvalijamiento, estriado, rayado
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    formación
    the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
  3. noun
    a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)
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    busca, búsqueda
    the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
  4. noun
    the act of stealing valuable things from a place
    synonyms: pillaje
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    bandidaje, bandolerismo
    the practice of plundering in gangs
    violación
    the act of despoiling a country in warfare
    despojo, expoliación, expolio
    the act of stripping and taking by force
    devastación
    plundering with excessive damage and destruction
    depredación, predación
    an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
    type of:
    agresión
    violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
  5. noun
    goods or money obtained illegally
    synonyms: botín, consumado, despojo, espolio, expolio, pillaje, presa
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    type of:
    hurto
    property that has been stolen
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