pillar

(Engels)

  1. (transitive) to pillage, plunder, loot
  2. (colloquial, transitive) to snatch, grab

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[piˈʎa]
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

Borrowed from French piller. The sense of "grab" is from Italian pigliare, either via direct borrowing or through the mediation of Spanish pillar.

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