Pillager

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 Latin pilleus, pleus, felt cap) or from Vulgar Latin *plire.]

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pillag·er n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pillager - someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) despoiler, freebooter, looter, plunderer, raider, spoiler war, warfare - the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war" buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover, pirate - someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation stealer, thief - a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it