pillage

pil·lage

P0303600 (pĭl′ĭj)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.

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[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.]

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pil′lag·er n.

pillage

(ˈpɪlɪdʒ) vbto rob (a town, village, etc) of (booty or spoils), esp during a warn1. the act of pillaging2. something obtained by pillaging; booty[C14: via Old French from piller to despoil, probably from peille rag, from Latin pīleus felt cap] ˈpillager n

pil•lage

(ˈpɪl ɪdʒ)

v. -laged, -lag•ing,
n. v.t. 1. to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder. 2. to take as booty. v.i. 3. to rob with open violence; take booty. n. 4. the act of plundering, esp. in war. 5. booty. [1350–1400; Middle English pilage < Middle French pillage, derivative of piller to pillage, orig., to abuse, tear] pil′lag•er, n.

pillage

1. the act of plundering or large scale robbery, usually accompanied by violence as in wartime.
2. plundered property; booty.See also: Theft, War

pillage

Past participle: pillaged
Gerund: pillaging

Imperative
pillage
pillage

Present
I pillage
you pillage
he/she/it pillages
we pillage
you pillage
they pillage

Preterite
I pillaged
you pillaged
he/she/it pillaged
we pillaged
you pillaged
they pillaged

Present Continuous
I am pillaging
you are pillaging
he/she/it is pillaging
we are pillaging
you are pillaging
they are pillaging

Present Perfect
I have pillaged
you have pillaged
he/she/it has pillaged
we have pillaged
you have pillaged
they have pillaged

Past Continuous
I was pillaging
you were pillaging
he/she/it was pillaging
we were pillaging
you were pillaging
they were pillaging

Past Perfect
I had pillaged
you had pillaged
he/she/it had pillaged
we had pillaged
you had pillaged
they had pillaged

Future
I will pillage
you will pillage
he/she/it will pillage
we will pillage
you will pillage
they will pillage

Future Perfect
I will have pillaged
you will have pillaged
he/she/it will have pillaged
we will have pillaged
you will have pillaged
they will have pillaged

Future Continuous
I will be pillaging
you will be pillaging
he/she/it will be pillaging
we will be pillaging
you will be pillaging
they will be pillaging

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been pillaging
you have been pillaging
he/she/it has been pillaging
we have been pillaging
you have been pillaging
they have been pillaging

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been pillaging
you will have been pillaging
he/she/it will have been pillaging
we will have been pillaging
you will have been pillaging
they will have been pillaging

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been pillaging
you had been pillaging
he/she/it had been pillaging
we had been pillaging
you had been pillaging
they had been pillaging

Conditional
I would pillage
you would pillage
he/she/it would pillage
we would pillage
you would pillage
they would pillage

Past Conditional
I would have pillaged
you would have pillaged
he/she/it would have pillaged
we would have pillaged
you would have pillaged
they would have pillaged

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pillage - goods or money obtained illegally booty, dirty money, loot, plunder, prize, swagstolen property - property that has been stolencut - a share of the profits; "everyone got a cut of the earnings"
	2.	pillage - the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"pillaging, plunderingaggression, hostility - violent action that is hostile and usually unprovokedbanditry - the practice of plundering in gangsrapine, rape - the act of despoiling a country in warfarelooting, robbery - plundering during riots or in wartimedespoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoilation, spoliation, spoil - the act of stripping and taking by forceravaging, devastation - plundering with excessive damage and destructiondepredation, predation - an act of plundering and pillaging and maraudingsack - the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter; "the sack of Rome"
Verb	1.	pillage - steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"despoil, foray, ransack, reave, rifle, loot, plunder, striptake - take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill"deplume, displume - strip of honors, possessions, or attributes

pillage

verb1. plunder, strip, sack, rob, raid, spoil (archaic), rifle, loot, ravage, ransack, despoil, maraud, reive (dialect), depredate (rare), freeboot, spoliate Soldiers went on a rampage, pillaging stores and shooting.noun1. plundering, sacking, robbery, plunder, sack, devastation, marauding, depredation, rapine, spoliation There were no signs of violence or pillage.

pillage

verbTo rob of goods by force, especially in time of war:depredate, despoil, havoc, loot, plunder, ransack, rape, ravage, sack, spoliate, strip.Archaic: harrow, spoil.nounGoods or property seized unlawfully, especially by a victor in wartime:booty, loot, plunder, spoil (used in plural).Slang: boodle.Nautical: prize.

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