 pillage |
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| 1. | [ noun ] goods or money obtained illegally | |
| Synonyms: | loot booty plunder prize dirty_money swag | |
| Related terms: | stolen_property cut plunder loot | |
| 2. | [ verb ] (criminal law) steal goods; take as spoils | |
| Synonyms: | ransack rifle despoil foray strip reave loot plunder | |
| Examples: | "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" |
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| Related terms: | take deplume loot plunderer looting spoil plundering | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the act of stealing valuable things from a place | |
| Synonyms: | pillaging plundering | |
| Examples: | "the plundering of Rome" "his plundering of the great authors" |
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| Related terms: | aggression predation looting marauding spoil ravaging rape sack plunder rape | |
| Similar spelling: |
piles pilose pileus Pileggi paillasse pilus |
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