pillage
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ɪdʒ 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)
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)
Related forms
pil·lag·er, noun
un·pil·laged, adjective
Synonyms
1. rob, sack, spoil, despoil, rape. 4. rapine, depredation, spoliation. 5. plunder.
1. rob, sack, spoil, despoil, rape. 4. rapine, depredation, spoliation. 5. plunder.
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pillage (ˈpɪlɪdʒ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
But few agree on how to stop this pillage of their networks.
Neither group has shown much discipline: fugitives from the areas they control tell of rape and pillage.
Self-professed scholars eagerly joined in the pillage.
He that showeth his wealth to a thief is the cause of his own pillage.
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