pillage
verb (used with object)
to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder.
pillages
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present tense formof pillage (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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It has now been a decade since that distinctive riff on “The Shining,” and for Byrne’s third feature, he once again pillages from indelible sources.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025
Around the ninth century, her remains were moved to the northern town of Downpatrick in hopes of avoiding the pillages of Vikings and others.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
The Empress controls the universe, and pillages the past for technologies to keep the universe safe from an alien species known as The Bleed.
From The Verge ● Jun. 15, 2019
She pillages but also suavely synthesizes art’s eternal images of women from the Renaissance to Futurism and beyond: from Madonnas, angels and queens to warriors.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2017
They both remained looking at each other: a restless smile had risen to their lips, and Bongrand eventually added: 'There's a fellow who pillages you right and left.'
From His Masterpiece by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
