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pillage::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | booty, dirty money, loot, plunder, prize, swag |
| Type of | stolen property |
pillage::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pillaging, plundering |
| Type of | aggression, hostility |
| Has types | devastation, banditry, looting, predation, rape, rapine, ravaging, robbery, sack, spoil, spoilation, spoliation, despoilment, despoilation, depredation, despoliation |
Examples of pillage
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Britain was developing an empire that it could freely pillage for raw materials.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
Hard-earned gains from trade give way to ill-gotten gains from political pillage.
From the forbes.com
Caesar invites neighboring tribes to come and pillage and plunder the Eburones.
From the en.wikipedia.org
On every ground it is important that the barbarous system of pillage should cease.
From the theatlantic.com
But then relatively few of us, these days, are after a bit of pillage and plunder.
From the couriermail.com.au
Feel free to pillage and strike off once done for DYK or expanded or whatever.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Family limits partnerships are one area where you have to burn before you pillage.
From the forbes.com
They come in for only a few years and pillage what they can as quickly as they can.
From the economist.com
The proceeds of all these activities can be described as loot, plunder, or pillage.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Loot: goods or money obtained illegally
- Plunder: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
- Plundering: the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"
- (pillaged) looted: wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value; "the robbers left the looted train"; "people returned to the plundered village"
- (pillaged) despoiled: having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence; "the raped countryside"
- Looting, also referred to as sacking, ransacking, plundering, despoiling, despoliation, and pillaging, is the indiscriminate taking of goods by force as part of a military or political victory, or during a catastrophe, such as war, natural disaster, or rioting...
- The Pillage is the debut album of close affiliate and quasi-member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Cappadonna. It was released on March 24, 1998 by Razor Sharp/Epic Street on Compact disc, vinyl and tape cassette.
- The spoils of war; The act of pillaging; To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war
- (Pillaging) An obsessive behavior whereby a person takes things, often of little or no value, that belong to someone else, often thinking it is hers.
