pillage
verb (used with object)
to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder.
pillaged
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past participleof pillage.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof pillage.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
pillageverb (used with object)to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder.
Example Sentences
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Greece will in return receive 48 objects pillaged by Bulgarian troops from churches and monasteries in northern Greece during World War I.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Third, it was safer to have capital loaned out than in reserve, where it could be pillaged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
That’s due, in large part, to the University of Washington — which opted to join the Big Ten Conference and leave the Pac-12 to be pillaged.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
As well as weathering many storms, it survived being pillaged for firewood in 1940s post-war Britain.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2023
The Czartoryski Museum in Kraków had been pillaged.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
