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

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pillag·er n.

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pillage [ˈpɪlɪdʒ]

vb

to rob (a town, village, etc.) of (booty or spoils), esp during a war

n

1. the act of pillaging

2. something obtained by pillaging; booty

[via Old French from piller to despoil, probably from peille rag, from Latin pīleus felt cap]

pillager  n

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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

plunder, strip, sack, rob, raid, spoil (archaic), rifle, loot, ravage, ransack, despoil, maraud, reive (dialect), depredate (rare), freeboot, spoliate Soldiers went on a rampage, pillaging stores and shooting.

noun

plundering, sacking, robbery, plunder, sack, devastation, marauding, depredation, rapine, spoliation There were no signs of violence or pillage.

Translations

pillage [ˈpɪlɪdʒ]

A. N → pillaje m, saqueo m

B. VT & VI → saquear

pillage [ˈpɪlɪdʒ]

vt → piller

vi → piller

n → pillage m

pillage

n (= act) → Plünderung f; (= booty) → Beute f

vti → plündern

pillage [ˈpɪlɪdʒ]

1. vt → saccheggiare

2. vi → darsi al saccheggio