Defenition of the word pillage
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Defenition of the word pillage
- A violent appropriation made by soldiers in enemy territory after a victory.
- To take the goods of.
- To deprive of something valuable by force.
- goods or money obtained illegally
- steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
- the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of Rome"; "his plundering of the great authors"
- the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"
- the act of stealing valuable things from a place
- steal goods; take as spoils
Synonyms for the word pillage
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- booty
- cargo
- despoil
- embezzle
- foray
- loot
- pillaging
- plunder
- plundering
- prize
- ransack
- reave
- rifle
- rob
- sack
- spoils
- steal
- strip
- swag
- taking
Similar words in the pillage
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- pillage
- pillaged
- pillages
Meronymys for the word pillage
Hyponyms for the word pillage
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- banditry
- deplume
- depredation
- despoilation
- despoilment
- despoliation
- devastation
- displume
- looting
- predation
- rape
- rapine
- ravaging
- robbery
- sack
- spoil
- spoilation
- spoliation
Hypernyms for the word pillage
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- aggression
- hostility
- stolen property
- take
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