pillage

Meaning

Verb

To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The spoils of war.
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of pillaging.

Synonyms

plunder

loot

rob

sack

despoil

robbery

looting

ransack

ravage

booty

spoil

reave

depredation

plundering

prey

raid

maraud

steal

foray

burgle

rapine

dirty money

spoliation

swag

prize

prey upon

marauding

rape

devastate

strip

lay waste

pillaging

spoils

extortion

rifle

destroy

sweep over

swindling

terrorize

theft

trample down

tread down

vandalize

foray into

turn upside down

scatter about

dacoity

plunderage

abuse

waste

Translations

piller

plündern

pillage

saccheggiare

saccheggio

Plünderung

pillaje

depredare

saquear

saccager

pillar

λεηλατώ

λεηλασία

ausplündern

saqueo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɪl.ɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

From Old French pillage, from piller (“plunder”), from an unattested meaning of Late Latin piliō, probably a figurative use of Latin pilō (“I remove (hair)”), from pilus (“hair”).