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Meaning of 'pillage' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pillage [ n.]
- The act of pillaging; robbery.
- That which is taken from another or others by open force, particularly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder; spoil; booty.
2 . Pillage [ 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.
- To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage.

Meaning of 'pillage' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pillage [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of stealing valuable things from a place
Example in sentence:
  • his plundering of the great authors;
  • the plundering of the Parthenon
2 . pillage [ v]
Meaning (2):
- steal goods; take as spoils
Example in sentence:
  • During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners

Nearby Words:

pilage pilaster pilastered pilau pilch pilchard pilcher pilcrow pildia pile

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