pillage
verb (used with object)
to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder.
pillaging
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present participleof pillage.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Greeks who might have led decent lives tending their own crops and flocks were pillaging those of others, becoming in aggregate what Mr. O’Connell describes as “a near-perfect predator.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
It was a far cry from the claims of "looting and pillaging".
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2025
Once upon a time, on June 15, 1859, 27-year-old Lyman Cutlar, a squatter on the island, discovered a pig pillaging his potatoes.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024
“You’re still trying to pretend that deputy gangs exist and that they operate in the countryside pillaging and plundering,” he told special counsel Bert Deixler.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2024
While Seabiscuit had spent the summer pillaging the West, War Admiral had been plundering the East with four triumphs in succession.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
