Definitions for pillager

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

pil•lageˈpɪl ɪdʒ(v.; n.)-laged, -lag•ing

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

  2. to take as booty.

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

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

  5. booty.

Origin of pillage:

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

pil′lag•er(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter(noun)

    someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)

Wiktionary

  1. pillager(Noun)

    A person who pillages

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pillager(noun)

    one who pillages


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