They amassed huge wealth by plundering the colonies.

他们通过掠夺殖民地聚敛了大笔的财富。

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18 century's end to the mid-19th century, the British colonist established a civil service system in India for the sake of reinforcing colonial rule and plundering more wealth.

18世纪末到19世纪中叶，英国殖民者为了加强对印度的殖民统治，掠夺财富，在印度建立了文官制度。

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Our problem is with the injustice, the plundering of wealth and oppression."

VOA: special.2011.01.22

The rampant plundering of DRC's wealth of resources, including gold, diamonds, uranium, cassiterite and cobalt, must be stopped.

CNN: Commentary: No one is safe in Congo strife