pillage

(pĭl'ĭj)

v., -laged, -lag·ing, -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.

[From Middle English, booty, from Old French, from piller, to plunder, from peille, rag (probably from Latin pilleus, pīleus, felt cap) or from Vulgar Latin *pīliāre.]

pillager pil'lag·er n.

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verb

To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war: depredate, despoil, havoc, loot, plunder, ransack, rape, ravage, sack², spoliate, strip¹. Archaic harrow, spoil. See crimes, give/take/reciprocity.

noun

Goods or property seized unlawfully, especially by a victor in wartime: booty, loot, plunder, spoil (used in plural). Slang boodle. Nautical prize². See crimes, give/take/reciprocity.

v

Definition: plunder, destroy
Antonyms: protect, safeguard

tv. to eat a meal, perhaps by raiding a refrigerator. (Perhaps voraciously.)  Let's go pillage Tom's fridge. I'm hungarian.

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IN BRIEF: To rob with wild force; to loot.

Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills? — Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)

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For a list of words related to pillage, see:

• Attacks - pillage: robbery or plunder, usu. in war; rapine
• Violent Actions - pillage: plunder or rob

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See words rhyming with "pillage."

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - bytte, udplyndre
v. intr. - stjæle, plyndre
n. - udplyndring

Nederlands (Dutch)
plunderen, plundering, buit

Français (French)
v. tr. - piller, saccager, mettre à sac
v. intr. - se livrer au pillage ou au saccage
n. - pillage

Deutsch (German)
v. - plündern
n. - Plünderung

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - λεηλατώ, διαγουμίζω, πλιατσικολογώ
n. - λεηλασία, διαγούμισμα, πλιάτσικο

Italiano (Italian)
saccheggiare, sacco

Português (Portuguese)
v. - pilhar, saquear
n. - pilhagem (f), saque (m)

Русский (Russian)
заниматься мародерством, грабить, мародерство, грабеж

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - saquear, pillar
v. intr. - llevar o tomar como botín de un pillaje o saqueo
n. - pillaje, saqueo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - plundra, skövla
n. - plundring, skövling

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
抢劫, 掠夺, 掠夺物

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 搶劫, 掠奪
v. intr. - 搶劫, 掠奪
n. - 掠奪, 掠奪物, 搶劫

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 약탈하다
v. intr. - 약탈하다
n. - 약탈, 약탈한 물건, 전리품

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 略奪, 略奪品
v. - 略奪する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يسلب, ينهب, يسرق, يستولي (الاسم) سلب, نهب, سرقه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮בזז, שדד‬
v. intr. - ‮בזז, שדד‬
n. - ‮ביזה, שוד‬

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