略りゃく奪だつ

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略奪する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	略りゃく奪だつする	略りゃく奪だつしない
Polite	略りゃく奪だつします	略りゃく奪だつしません
Past polite	略りゃく奪だつしました	略りゃく奪だつしませんでした
Past	略りゃく奪だつした	略りゃく奪だつしなかった
Te-form	略りゃく奪だつして	略りゃく奪だつしないで
Desire	略りゃく奪だつしたい	略りゃく奪だつしたくない
Potential	略りゃく奪だつできる	略りゃく奪だつできない
Passive	略りゃく奪だつされる	略りゃく奪だつされない
Causative	略りゃく奪だつさせる	略りゃく奪だつさせない
Causative passive	略りゃく奪だつさせられる	略りゃく奪だつさせられない
Volitional	略りゃく奪だつしよう
Polite volitional	略りゃく奪だつしましょう
Imperative	略りゃく奪だつしろ	略りゃく奪だつするな
Conditional	略りゃく奪だつすれば	略りゃく奪だつしなければ
Tara conditional	略りゃく奪だつしたら	略りゃく奪だつしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

pillage; plunder; looting; robbery

Refers to taking goods by force, typically in contexts of war, riots, or large-scale theft. Often used as a suru-verb.

戦せん争そう中ちゅう、兵へい士したちは村むらを略りゃく奪だつした。
During the war, the soldiers pillaged the village.
暴ぼう動どうで店みせが略りゃく奪だつされた。
Stores were looted during the riot.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉で略りゃく奪だつが起おきるfor looting to break out in a place
戦せん争そうの混こん乱らんの中なか、街まちで略りゃく奪だつが起おきた。
Amid the chaos of the war, looting broke out in the city.
略りゃく奪だつに遭あうto fall victim to plunder/looting
村むら人びとたちは兵へい士しによる略りゃく奪だつに遭あった。
The villagers fell victim to plunder by the soldiers.
〈場ば所しょ〉で略りゃく奪だつが横おう行こうするfor looting to run rampant in a place
停てい電でんの間あいだ、店みせでは略りゃく奪だつが横おう行こうした。
During the blackout, looting ran rampant in the shops.
〈物もの〉を略りゃく奪だつされるto have something taken away by plunderers
家か財ざい道どう具ぐをすべて略りゃく奪だつされた。
All of the household goods were looted.

Kanji

略abbreviation, omission, outline
奪rob, take by force, snatch away
掠pillage, rob, graze

Related words

強ごう奪だつ
強奪 stresses a violent, often targeted seizure of a specific item or person, while 略奪 refers to broad, mass-scale plundering, typically in war or riots.
奪うばうN3
奪う is the general verb for taking something away by force from one person or thing, whereas 略奪 specifically denotes large-scale, often lawless plundering.
強ごう盗とうN3
強盗 is the legal term for the crime of robbery (often by an individual with a weapon), while 略奪 describes widespread looting by crowds or armies.
盗ぬすむN4
盗む is the everyday verb for stealing secretly, while 略奪 implies open, forcible taking, often by groups.
奪だっ取しゅ
略奪 stresses chaotic plundering or looting, whereas 奪取 focuses on the calculated act of seizing control or possession.

Don't confuse with

侵しん略りゃくN1
侵略 means 'invasion' (military incursion into territory), while 略奪 means 'plunder/looting' of goods; learners confuse them because both share the kanji 略.
剥はく奪だつ
略奪 means plunder or pillage (taking by force, often violently), while 剥奪 refers to an authority formally revoking rights or status through legal or institutional means.

Word family

略りゃく奪だつ品ひん
loot; plunder; booty
略りゃく奪だつ婚こん
marriage by abduction; bride kidnapping · marriage to an already married person; stealing someone's spouse
略りゃく奪だつ愛あい
stealing someone's romantic partner
略りゃく奪だつ者しゃ
looter; plunderer; pillager; marauder
略りゃく奪だつ価か格かく
predatory pricing
略りゃく奪だつ行こう為い
looting; act of plundering

Written forms

略りゃく奪だつUsage71%
Standard modern spelling; used in news and general contexts.
掠りゃく奪だつUsage29%
Variant kanji form; less common and may appear in older texts.

Etymology

Compound of 略 (strategy, abbreviation, or plunder) and 奪 (take by force). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination conveys the sense of taking goods by force or strategy.