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单词 pillage
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pillage

[ pil-ij ]
/ ˈpɪl ɪdʒ /
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verb (used with object), pil·laged, pil·lag·ing.

to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
to take as booty.

verb (used without object), pil·laged, pil·lag·ing.

to rob with open violence; take booty: Soldiers roamed the countryside, pillaging and killing.

noun

the act of plundering, especially in war.
booty or spoil.

Origin of pillage

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

SYNONYMS FOR pillage

1 rob, sack, spoil, despoil, rape.
4 rapine, depredation, spoliation.
5 plunder.
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OTHER WORDS FROM pillage

pil·lag·er, nounun·pil·laged, adjective

Words nearby pillage

piling, Pílion, Pilipino, pili torti, pill, pillage, pillar, pillar-and-breast, pillarbox, pillaret, pillars of fauces
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British Dictionary definitions for pillage

pillage
/ (ˈpɪlɪdʒ) /

verb

to rob (a town, village, etc) of (booty or spoils), esp during a war

noun

the act of pillaging
something obtained by pillaging; booty

Derived forms of pillage

pillager, noun

Word Origin for pillage

C14: via Old French from piller to despoil, probably from peille rag, from Latin pīleus felt cap
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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