pillage

pil·lage  (plj)

v. pil·laged, pil·lag·ing, pil·lag·es

v.tr.

1. To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder.

2. To take as spoils.

v.intr.

To take spoils by force.

n.

1. The act of pillaging.

2. Something pillaged; spoils.

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[From Middle English, booty, from Old French, from piller, to plunder, from peille, rag (probably from Vulgar Latin *pilleus, *pleus, felt cap) or from Vulgar Latin *plire.]

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pillag·er n.

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pillage

Verb

[-laging, -laged]

to steal property violently, often in war

Noun

1. the act of pillaging

2. something obtained by pillaging; booty [Old French piller to despoil]

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pillage

1. the act of plundering or large scale robbery, usually accompanied by violence as in wartime.
2. plundered property; booty.

See also: Theft, War

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pillage - goods or money obtained illegally     booty, dirty money, loot, plunder, prize, swag stolen property - property that has been stolen cut - a share of the profits; "everyone got a cut of the earnings"
	2.	pillage - the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors" pillaging, plundering aggression, hostility - violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked banditry - the practice of plundering in gangs rapine, rape - the act of despoiling a country in warfare looting, robbery - plundering during riots or in wartime despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoilation, spoliation, spoil - the act of stripping and taking by force ravaging, devastation - plundering with excessive damage and destruction depredation, predation - an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding sack - the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter; "the sack of Rome"
Verb	1.	pillage - steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" despoil, foray, ransack, reave, rifle, loot, plunder, strip take - take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill" deplume, displume - strip of honors, possessions, or attributes

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pillage

verb 1. plunder, strip, sack, rob, raid, spoil (archaic) rifle, loot, ravage, ransack, despoil, maraud, reive (dialect) depredate (rare) freeboot, spoliate

noun 2. plundering, sacking, robbery, plunder, sack, devastation, marauding, depredation, rapine, spoliation

Translations

pillage [ˈpɪlɪdʒ] vt → pillar, saquear

pillage [ˈpɪlɪdʒ] vt → piller

pillage [ˈpɪlɪdʒ] n → Plünderung f

vt → plündern

pillage [ˈpɪlɪdʒ] vt → saccheggiare