pil·lage

(pĭl′ĭj)

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.

1. The act of pillaging.

2. Something pillaged; spoils.

[From Middle English, booty, from Old French, from piller, to take (by ruse), plunder, manhandle, from Vulgar Latin *pīliāre, perhaps originally meaning "to deprive (someone) of his felt cap" and derived from Latin pilleus, pīleus, felt cap (given to an ancient Roman freedman as a symbol of his emancipation); perhaps akin to Greek pīlos, felt.]

pil′lag·er n.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

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

Translations

predador

saccageur

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