to pillage
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8.1
- verb
- /ˈpɪlɪdʒ/
:
saquear
- Over the course of two days, the Iraq Museum was systematically pillaged and vandalized.
- systematically pillaged
- pillaged and burned
And so we started to really pillage what the Air Force had and what the Army had.
- And so we started to really pillage what the Air Force had and what the Army had.
- So do you think God wants you to, like, rape and pillage the earth, or would he wants you to keep it in good shape?
- But it's like here, here's the problem with these evil scumbags, these CE OS that run these banks to just fucking pillage the whole world.
Examples
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You had other military cultures that would pillage, burn, and leave nothing but rubble behind.
Blog text (2) -
Union troops saw the orders as a license to pillage, and many of the directives were soon repealed or modified.
Academic text (2008) -
And so we started to really pillage what the Air Force had and what the Army had.
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Two blocks away, at The House, I pillage every room.
Academic text (1991) -
Attila, what do you need to pillage a village?
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Upon his return on Friday, July 17, he found that his home had been ransacked and pillaged.
Academic text (2005) -
They pillaged all they could find and took those left there captive.
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Hidalgo's haphazard army worked its way south to Mexico City, taking and often pillaging towns.
Academic text (1996) -
Wars were raging, marauders were pillaging.
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The soldiers began to pillage the village, taking everything of value during their conquest.
Synonyms
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4.2
To steal things from shops during chaos
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6.3
To search a place roughly and steal things while making a mess
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6.0
To steal things by force, often during war or disorder
2
7.6
To attack a place and take valuable things, often destroying it
2
9.3
Steal valuable things and damage a place or person, often by force
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9.9
To take things by force from people or places, often as loot during war
Antonyms
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Etymology
Pillage (the verb) comes from old French piller and Latin pilare 'to pluck', from pilus 'hair', giving the strong image of stripping a place bare. So to pillage is to take things by force, as if you are pulling them away.