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plen

Pronunciation: [ˈplɛn]

“plen” is a Czech word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. plundering, looting (act of stealing or confiscating assets by an army from unarmed enemy citizens in time of war)
  2. loot, plunder, booty (assets taken by an army from unarmed enemy citizens in time of war)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech plen, from Proto-Slavic *pelnъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to earn, to sell”).

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