pill aging

pil·lage

[pil-ij] verb, pil·laged, pil·lag·ing, noun
verb (used with object)
1.
to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
2.
to take as booty.
verb (used without object)
3.
to rob with open violence; take booty: Soldiers roamed the countryside, pillaging and killing.
noun
4.
the act of plundering, especially in war.
5.
booty or spoil.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English pilage (see pill3, -age), modeled on Middle French pillage (derivative of piller to pillage, orig., to abuse, mistreat, tear, of uncertain origin)

pil·lag·er, noun
un·pil·laged, adjective


1. rob, sack, spoil, despoil, rape. 4. rapine, depredation, spoliation. 5. plunder.
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pillage (ˈpɪlɪdʒ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
1.  to rob (a town, village, etc) of (booty or spoils), esp during a war
 
n
2.  the act of pillaging
3.  something obtained by pillaging; booty
 
[C14: via Old French from piller to despoil, probably from peille rag, from Latin pīleus felt cap]
 
'pillager
 
n

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Word Origin & History

pillage
late 14c., "act of plundering" (especially in war), from O.Fr. pillage (n.) "plunder," from piller "to plunder," possibly from V.L. *piliare "to plunder," probably from a fig. use of L. pilare "to strip of hair," perhaps also meaning "to skin" (cf. figurative extension of verbs pluck, fleece). The verb
is first recorded 1590s. Related: Pillaged; pillaging.
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Slang Dictionary

pillage definition


  1. tv.
    to eat a meal, perhaps by raiding a refrigerator. (Perhaps voraciously.) : Let's go pillage Tom's fridge. I'm hungarian.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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