pillage
verb (used with object)
to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder.
are pillaging
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present progressiveof pillage.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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My business is to hold this house against the devils who are pillaging the ship yonder.
From The House Under the Sea A Romance by Sir Max Pemberton
