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Definition of Pillage
1. Verb. Steal goods; take as spoils. "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
Exact synonyms: Despoil, Foray, Loot, Plunder, Ransack, Reave, Rifle, Strip
Generic synonyms: Take
Specialized synonyms: Deplume, Displume
Derivative terms: Despoiler, Despoilment, Despoliation, Loot, Looter, Looting, Pillager, Pillaging, Plunder, Plunderer, Plundering
Generic synonyms: Take
Specialized synonyms: Deplume, Displume
Derivative terms: Despoiler, Despoilment, Despoliation, Loot, Looter, Looting, Pillager, Pillaging, Plunder, Plunderer, Plundering
2. Noun. Goods or money obtained illegally.
Exact synonyms: Booty, Dirty Money, Loot, Plunder, Prize, Swag
Generic synonyms: Stolen Property
Terms within: Cut
Derivative terms: Loot, Plunder, Plunder, Plunder
Generic synonyms: Stolen Property
Terms within: Cut
Derivative terms: Loot, Plunder, Plunder, Plunder
3. Noun. The act of stealing valuable things from a place. "His plundering of the great authors"
Exact synonyms: Pillaging, Plundering
Generic synonyms: Aggression, Hostility
Specialized synonyms: Banditry, Rape, Rapine, Looting, Robbery, Despoilation, Despoilment, Despoliation, Spoil, Spoilation, Spoliation, Devastation, Ravaging, Depredation, Predation, Sack
Derivative terms: Plunder, Plunder, Plunder
Generic synonyms: Aggression, Hostility
Specialized synonyms: Banditry, Rape, Rapine, Looting, Robbery, Despoilation, Despoilment, Despoliation, Spoil, Spoilation, Spoliation, Devastation, Ravaging, Depredation, Predation, Sack
Derivative terms: Plunder, Plunder, Plunder
Definition of Pillage
1. n. The act of pillaging; robbery.
2. v. i. To strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; to spoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy.
3. v. i. To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage.
Definition of Pillage
1. Verb. (ambitransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war. ¹
2. Noun. The spoils of war. ¹
3. Noun. The act of pillaging. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pillage
1. to plunder [v -LAGED, -LAGING, -LAGES] - See also: plunder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pillage
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