单词 | pillage |
释义 | pil·lage (pĭlĭj) v. pil·laged, pil·lag·ing, pil·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 take (by ruse), plunder, manhandle, from Vulgar Latin *pīliāre, perhaps originally meaning "to deprive (someone) of his felt cap" and derived from Latin pilleus, pīleus, felt cap (given to an ancient Roman freedman as a symbol of his emancipation); perhaps akin to Greek pīlos, felt.] pillag·er n. |
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