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plunder meaning in Sinhala

කොල්ලය kollaya

UK/ˈplʌndə//ˈplʌndɚ/

plunder in Sinhala: කොල්ලය (kollaya), කොල්ලකනවා (kollakanawā). In English, plunder means to pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.

Sinhala words for plunder

plunder, pillage, booty, loot
කොල්ලය kollaya
to plunder, pillage, loot
කොල්ලකනවා kollakanawā

English meaning of plunder

  1. verb To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
  2. verb To take (goods) by pillage.
  3. verb To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.
  4. verb To make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully.

Full definition of plunder

plunder in a sentence

  • The mercenaries plundered the small town.
  • The shopkeeper was plundered of his possessions by the burglar.
  • The mercenaries plundered all the goods they found.

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Questions about plunder in Sinhala

What is the meaning of plunder in Sinhala?
Plunder in Sinhala is කොල්ලය (kollaya), කොල්ලකනවා (kollakanawā).
plunder යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
Plunder: කොල්ලය (kollaya), කොල්ලකනවා (kollakanawā).
What does plunder mean in English?
Plunder means to pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.

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Sinhala words from Wiktionary's Sinhala entries whose English meaning is “plunder”: කොල්ලකනවා, කොල්ලය. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: plunder (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sinhala words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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