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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pil•lage /ˈpɪlɪdʒ/USA pronunciation v., -laged, -lag•ing, n. v. - to steal goods by open violence and force, as in war;
plunder: [no object]The invaders raped and pillaged as they went.[~ + object]The invaders pillaged several towns.
n. [uncountable] - stealing goods through violence or force, as in a war.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pil•lage (pil′ij),USA pronunciation v., -laged, -lag•ing, n. v.t. - to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war;
plunder:The barbarians pillaged every conquered city. - to take as booty.
v.i. - to rob with open violence;
take booty:Soldiers roamed the countryside, pillaging and killing.
n. - the act of plundering, esp. in war.
- booty or spoil.
- Middle English pilage (see pill3, -age), modeled on Middle French pillage (derivative of piller to pillage, origin, originally, to abuse, mistreat, tear, of uncertain origin, originally) 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rob, sack, spoil, despoil, rape.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rapine, depredation, spoliation.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged plunder.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pillage /ˈpɪlɪdʒ/ vb - to rob (a town, village, etc) of (booty or spoils), esp during a war
n - the act of pillaging
- something obtained by pillaging; booty
Etymology: 14th Century: via Old French from piller to despoil, probably from peille rag, from Latin pīleus felt capˈpillager n |