英语词汇“pillage”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pillage

/ˈpɪlɪdʒ

verb [with object]

1Rob a (place) using violence, especially in wartime: the abbey was plundered and pillaged...

During the first two nights of pillaging the Capital City, over half a million people were killed.
Tottenham Court Road was pillaged by a mob of sixty hardcore anarchists.
European countries raped and pillaged the continent, destroying the social fabric and leaving a metaphorical smoking hole behind.

1.1Steal (something) using violence, especially in wartime: artworks pillaged from churches and museums...

Our people have had to submit to its wishes every year to keep it from setting fire to our lands, stealing my people, pillaging their houses as well as a list of other horrible things.
I deplore the way that the US goes into countries and pillages them, stealing their assets.
The problem is that if the pirates carry on pillaging the fish, they will put themselves, and the rest of the world's legitimate tuna boats, out of business.

Synonyms

ransack, steal from, plunder, rob, raid, loot, rifle, sack;

dispossess, strip, deprive, denude, devastate, lay waste, ravage, harry, maraud

literary despoil

archaic spoil, reave, rape

rare depredate, spoliate, forage

steal, pilfer, thieve, rob, take, snatch, purloin, loot, rifle, abscond with, carry off

informal walk off/away with, run away/off with, swipe, nab, rip off, lift, ‘liberate’, ‘borrow’, filch, snaffle, snitch

British informal pinch, half-inch, nick, whip, knock off, nobble, bone

North American informal heist, glom

Australian informal snavel

West Indian informal tief

archaic crib, hook, reave

noun [mass noun]

The action of pillaging a place or property, especially in war: rebellious peasants intent on pillage...

Leaving ‘the whole subject’ to local commanders nevertheless permitted considerable latitude for pillage or destruction and was in itself an important principle.
Well prior to the outbreak of the current war, they warned the Pentagon of the dangers to Iraq's cultural heritage posed by postwar pillage and destruction.
During the 1846 U.S. invasion of Mexico, newspapers reported pillage, rape, and murder of civilians by Gen. Zachary Taylor's soldiers.

Synonyms

robbery, robbing, raiding, pillaging, plunder, plundering, looting, sacking, sack, ransacking, ravaging, laying waste, devastation, depredation, rape, harrying, marauding

literary despoiling, rapine

archaic spoliation, reaving

Derivatives

pillager

/ˈpɪlɪdʒə

/ noun ...

We need not look for ‘proof’ by poring over the dusty records of the meticulous pillagers, marauders, and savvy tradesmen.
In other lands however there are pillagers and marauders that keep me strong, but soon will come a time when slaughter shall cover these lands and I shall rise above the rest.
In the ninth century, when Paris was invaded by the Norsemen, those great pillagers of tombs, her relics were taken for safety some fifteen miles away.

Origin

Late Middle English (as a noun): from Old French, from piller 'to plunder'.

caterpillar from Late Middle English:
The caterpillar first appeared in English in the form catyrpel, probably an alteration of the Old French word chatepelose, literally ‘hairy cat’. English used to have a word piller, meaning ‘a plunderer or ravager’ (related to pillage) and, given the damage that caterpillars do to plants, it is likely that this influenced how the word is spelt.

单词	pillage
释义	pillage /ˈpɪlɪdʒ / verb [with object] 1Rob a (place) using violence, especially in wartime: the abbey was plundered and pillaged... During the first two nights of pillaging the Capital City, over half a million people were killed. Tottenham Court Road was pillaged by a mob of sixty hardcore anarchists. European countries raped and pillaged the continent, destroying the social fabric and leaving a metaphorical smoking hole behind. 1.1Steal (something) using violence, especially in wartime: artworks pillaged from churches and museums... Our people have had to submit to its wishes every year to keep it from setting fire to our lands, stealing my people, pillaging their houses as well as a list of other horrible things. I deplore the way that the US goes into countries and pillages them, stealing their assets. The problem is that if the pirates carry on pillaging the fish, they will put themselves, and the rest of the world's legitimate tuna boats, out of business. Synonyms ransack, steal from, plunder, rob, raid, loot, rifle, sack; dispossess, strip, deprive, denude, devastate, lay waste, ravage, harry, maraud literary despoil archaic spoil, reave, rape rare depredate, spoliate, forage steal, pilfer, thieve, rob, take, snatch, purloin, loot, rifle, abscond with, carry off informal walk off/away with, run away/off with, swipe, nab, rip off, lift, ‘liberate’, ‘borrow’, filch, snaffle, snitch British informal pinch, half-inch, nick, whip, knock off, nobble, bone North American informal heist, glom Australian informal snavel West Indian informal tief archaic crib, hook, reave noun [mass noun] The action of pillaging a place or property, especially in war: rebellious peasants intent on pillage... Leaving ‘the whole subject’ to local commanders nevertheless permitted considerable latitude for pillage or destruction and was in itself an important principle. Well prior to the outbreak of the current war, they warned the Pentagon of the dangers to Iraq's cultural heritage posed by postwar pillage and destruction. During the 1846 U.S. invasion of Mexico, newspapers reported pillage, rape, and murder of civilians by Gen. Zachary Taylor's soldiers. Synonyms robbery, robbing, raiding, pillaging, plunder, plundering, looting, sacking, sack, ransacking, ravaging, laying waste, devastation, depredation, rape, harrying, marauding literary despoiling, rapine archaic spoliation, reaving Derivatives pillager /ˈpɪlɪdʒə / noun ... We need not look for ‘proof’ by poring over the dusty records of the meticulous pillagers, marauders, and savvy tradesmen. In other lands however there are pillagers and marauders that keep me strong, but soon will come a time when slaughter shall cover these lands and I shall rise above the rest. In the ninth century, when Paris was invaded by the Norsemen, those great pillagers of tombs, her relics were taken for safety some fifteen miles away. Origin Late Middle English (as a noun): from Old French, from piller 'to plunder'. caterpillar from Late Middle English: The caterpillar first appeared in English in the form catyrpel, probably an alteration of the Old French word chatepelose, literally ‘hairy cat’. English used to have a word piller, meaning ‘a plunderer or ravager’ (related to pillage) and, given the damage that caterpillars do to plants, it is likely that this influenced how the word is spelt. Rhymes grillage, spillage, stillage, tillage, village
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