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pillage
('p/I/l/I//dZ/ )

noun (n)

  • goods or money obtained illegally(noun.possession)
    Synonym:
    booty, dirty money, loot, plunder, prize, swag
    source: wordnet30
  • the act of stealing valuable things from a place(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    pillaging, plundering
    source: wordnet30
  • The act of pillaging; robbery.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • steal goods; take as spoils(verb.possession)
    Synonym:
    despoil, foray, loot, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip
    source: wordnet30
  • To strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; to spoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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