lüè

掠 (lüè) is a Chinese word meaning “to take over by force; to rob; to plunder”.

Meanings

  1. 1to take over by force
  2. 2to rob
  3. 3to plunder
  4. 4to brush over
  5. 5to skim
  6. 6to sweep

Related words

掠夺to plunder掠过to flit across抢掠to loot劫掠to loot掳掠to plunder; to pillage浮光掠影flickering light and passing shadows (idiom)前掠翼swept-forward wing (on jet fighter)拷掠to torture掠卖to press-gang sb and sell into slavery掠取to plunder掠夺者robber掠美to claim credit due to others

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