pillager

pil·lage

P0303600 (pĭl′ĭj)v. pil·laged, pil·lag·ing, pil·lag·es v.tr.1. To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder.2. To take as spoils.v.intr. To take spoils by force.n.1. The act of pillaging.2. Something pillaged; spoils.

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[From Middle English, booty, from Old French, from piller, to take (by ruse), plunder, manhandle, from Vulgar Latin *pīliāre, perhaps originally meaning "to deprive (someone) of his felt cap" and derived from Latin pilleus, pīleus, felt cap (given to an ancient Roman freedman as a symbol of his emancipation); perhaps akin to Greek pīlos, felt.]

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pil′lag·er n.

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Noun

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pillager - someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)despoiler, freebooter, looter, plunderer, raider, spoilerwar, warfare - the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war"buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover, pirate - someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nationstealer, thief - a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it

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