Shasas שָׁסַס

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Shasas (Hebrew שָׁסַס, Strong's H8155) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to plunder”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to plunder, spoil
1a) (Qal) to plunder
1b) (Niphal) to be plundered, be rifled
Also means: sha.as (שָׁאַס "to spoil" H7601)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	spoiled (3), spoil (1), rifled (1)
BSB	those who plundered (1), they plundered (1), plunder him (1), will be looted (1), those who plundered you (1), looted (1)

Every verse with Shasas, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Judges 2:14
And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.

1 Samuel 17:53
And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.When the Israelites returned from their pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps.

Psalm 89:41
All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.

Isaiah 13:16
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.

Jeremiah 30:16
Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.Nevertheless, all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries—every one of them— will go off into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered, and all who raided you will be raided.

Zechariah 14:2
For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).