单词 | pillage |
释义 | pillage —pillager, n. /pil"ij/, v. , pillaged, pillaging, n. v.t. 1. to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city. 2. to take as booty. v.i. 3. to rob with open violence; take booty: Soldiers roamed the countryside, pillaging and killing. n. 4. the act of plundering, esp. in war. 5. booty or spoil. [1350-1400; ME pilage (see PILL3, -AGE), modeled on MF pillage (deriv. of piller to pillage, orig., to abuse, mistreat, tear, of uncert. orig.)] Syn. 1. rob, sack, spoil, despoil, rape. 4. rapine, depredation, spoliation. 5. plunder. |
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