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 Definitions of pillage  [ˈpɪl ɪdʒ]  

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Definition of 'pillage' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) pillage
to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder.

2.  pillage
to take as booty.

3. (v.i.) pillage
to rob with open violence; take booty.

4. (n.) pillage
the act of plundering, esp. in war.

5.  pillage
booty.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME pilage < MF pillage, der. of piller to pillage, orig., to abuse, tear)

Definition of 'pillage' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) loot, booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money
goods or money obtained illegally

2. (verb) plundering, pillage, pillaging
the act of stealing valuable things from a place
"the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"

3. (verb) plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
steal goods; take as spoils
"During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"


Definition of 'pillage' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) pillage
the act of pillaging; robbery

2. (noun) pillage
that which is taken from another or others by open force, particularly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder; spoil; booty

3. (verb) pillage
to strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; to spoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy

4. (verb) pillage
to take spoil; to plunder; to ravage



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