pillage
to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
to take as booty.
to rob with open violence; take booty: Soldiers roamed the countryside, pillaging and killing.
the act of plundering, especially in war.
booty or spoil.
Origin of pillage
1Other words for pillage
Other words from pillage
- pil·lag·er, noun
- un·pil·laged, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use pillage in a sentence
Like all playwrights of the time he pillages from the French, and vulgarizes Molire without stint or shame.
The enemy pillages the temple of its pillars of brass, and the golden candlestick from off the altar.
Early English Alliterative Poems | VariousHe protects the populace, and ravages and pillages the great.
Faustus | Friedrich Maximilian von KlingerIt seizes, it pillages, and it carries away, assured that all it does will be approved.
The Insect | Jules MicheletThe wretched history of the town, with all its sieges and pillages by Barbarossa and the rest, might have been acted last year.
Pictures from Italy | Charles Dickens
British Dictionary definitions for pillage
/ (ˈpɪlɪdʒ) /
to rob (a town, village, etc) of (booty or spoils), esp during a war
the act of pillaging
something obtained by pillaging; booty
Origin of pillage
1Derived forms of pillage
- pillager, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse