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pillage
[ pil-ij ]
verb (used with object)
- to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder:
The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- to take as booty.
verb (used without object)
- to rob with open violence; take booty:
Soldiers roamed the countryside, pillaging and killing.
noun
- the act of plundering, especially in war.
Synonyms: , ,
- booty or spoil.
Synonyms:
pillage
/ ˈ±èɪ±ôɪ»åÏô /
verb
- to rob (a town, village, etc) of (booty or spoils), esp during a war
noun
- the act of pillaging
- something obtained by pillaging; booty
Derived Forms
- ˈ±è¾±±ô±ô²¹²µ±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±è¾±±ôl²¹²µÂ·±ð°ù noun
- ³Ü²Ô·±è¾±±ôl²¹²µ±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pillage1
Example Sentences
They’ve pillaged and rampaged their way there, destroying everyone in their path while scoring 15 times in three playoff wins in which they’ve never trailed.
They also say the lands aren’t being adequately protected from those seeking to pillage natural resources and visitors who trash sacred sites.
Corcoran’s chief anxiety was a Democratic uprising: a Trump victory, she said, would lead people in the cities to pillage and plunder.
This repatriated collection represents a minuscule fraction of the 7,000 pieces the French pillaged from their former colony — and that number applies only to what they took from this one location among many.
“It contrasts so well with his exterior of being this great warrior and pillaging and killing and doing all that. But on the inside, he’s quite soft and cuddly and quite childlike.â€
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