PLUNDERBUND

PRONUNCIATION: (PLUN-duhr-buhnd)

MEANING: noun: A group of political, business, and financial interests engaged in exploiting the public.

ETYMOLOGY: From plunder (pillage), from German plündern (to loot) + bund, from German Bund (association). Earliest documented use: 1902.
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BLUNDERBUND - bumblingly inept leadership

PLUMDERBUND - explore the depths of the Merkel government

PLUNDERBAND - a gang of hoodlums