pillager
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈpɪlɪdʒər/
:
saqueador
- During the war, many pillagers invaded the town, taking whatever they could find.
Examples
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Her family was part of a group of Ottertail Pillagers that established themselves around the Pine Point area.
Academic text (2009) -
They were all pillagers who went to war to steal everything they could pick up and run with.
Blog text (16) -
He is a looter and a pillager!
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Looters and pillagers swarmed the city in droves.
Fiction book (1997) -
Ah, but we like to think of ourselves as enlightened and civilized, not as a hoard of ravaging pillagers.
Blog text (9) -
The villagers hid their valuables to protect them from the pillagers roaming the area.
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Pillagers often leave destruction in their wake as they loot homes and businesses.
Synonyms
186
1.0
A person who steals from others by using or threatening to hurt them
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4.6
A person who steals from people or places, often using a weapon
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5.3
A person who steals things from shops and homes during riots or disasters
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5.1
A person who enters a place to steal things by force
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8.8
A person who attacks places to steal things
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9.8
A person with a weapon who steals from travelers in remote areas
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7.2
A person who steals things by force from places like shops or homes during war
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9.5
A person who attacks a town or city and steals things
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9.9
A person who steals goods during war, often from villages or ships
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9.9
A person who steals valuable things by force, often during war
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9.9
A person who raids and steals from farms and homes in old times
A person who takes goods by force from people during war
A person who steals things from towns during war
Antonyms
How Violent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pillager comes from the word pillage, originally meaning 'to strip' or 'to plunder', so imagine someone stripping a place of goods after a battle. That is why a pillager is a person who takes things by force, especially during war.