pillaging

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.

pillaging

(ˈpɪlɪdʒɪŋ) nthe act of robbing a town, village, etc of booty or spoils, esp during a war

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pillaging - the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"plundering, pillageaggression, hostility - violent action that is hostile and usually unprovokedbanditry - the practice of plundering in gangsrapine, rape - the act of despoiling a country in warfarelooting, robbery - plundering during riots or in wartimedespoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoilation, spoliation, spoil - the act of stripping and taking by forceravaging, devastation - plundering with excessive damage and destructiondepredation, predation - an act of plundering and pillaging and maraudingsack - the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter; "the sack of Rome"

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