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单词 pillage
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pillage

noun
/ˈpɪlɪdʒ/
/ˈpɪlɪdʒ/
[uncountable]
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  1. the act of stealing things from a place or region, especially in a war, using violence
    • They brought back horrific accounts of murder and pillage.
    Topics War and conflictc2

pillage

verb
/ˈpɪlɪdʒ/
/ˈpɪlɪdʒ/
[intransitive, transitive, often passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they pillage
/ˈpɪlɪdʒ/
/ˈpɪlɪdʒ/
he / she / it pillages
/ˈpɪlɪdʒɪz/
/ˈpɪlɪdʒɪz/
past simple pillaged
/ˈpɪlɪdʒd/
/ˈpɪlɪdʒd/
past participle pillaged
/ˈpɪlɪdʒd/
/ˈpɪlɪdʒd/
-ing form pillaging
/ˈpɪlɪdʒɪŋ/
/ˈpɪlɪdʒɪŋ/
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  1. to steal things from a place or region, especially in a war, using violence synonym plunder
    • The rebels went looting and pillaging.
    • be pillaged The town had been pillaged and burned.
    • be pillaged from something Works of art were pillaged from churches and museums.
    • pillage something (from something) They pillaged the resources of the conquered colonies.
    Topics War and conflictc2
    Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun): from Old French, from piller ‘to plunder’.
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