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Definition of Pillages
1. pillage [v] - See also: pillage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pillages
Literary usage of Pillages
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Le Soldat Impérial (1800-1814) by Jean Morvan (1904)
"Les pillages, l'indiscipline et les duels en campagne. — Le commandement anar-
chique. I. — L'armée de réserve : ses excès en France; ..."
2. The Buccaneers and Marooners of America: Being an Account of the Famous by Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin, Howard Pyle, Charles Johnson (1892)
"... cooper is murdered in' one of the Malabar Islands—He burns and pillages several
houses —Commands a native to be shot—He takes the Queda, and shares . ..."
3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"The word "proper," which qualifies the word "clerk," refers back to the words "council
in cities or boards of trustees in pillages," and was intended to ..."
4. The Deserts of Southern France: An Introduction to the Limestone and Chalk by Sabine Baring-Gould (1894)
"... pillages Churches to pay them—Mercadier—Rewarded by Richard with the Castle
of Beynac—Mercadier and Cadouin—He is employed by the Archbishop of ..."
5. The Memoirs of James, Marquis of Montrose, 1639-1650 by George Wishart (1893)
"... disappoints him—Montrose obliged to raise the siege of Inverness and retreat
before Middleton—Huntly again shuns a conference—Huntly pillages Aberdeen. ..."
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