Pillage Common

Origin: French suffix -age

Pillage has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Definitions

Noun

goods or money obtained illegally

loot booty pillage plunder prize swag dirty money

the act of stealing valuable things from a place

"the plundering of the Parthenon"

"his plundering of the great authors"

plundering pillage pillaging

The spoils of war.

Verb

steal goods; take as spoils

"During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

plunder despoil loot reave strip rifle ransack pillage foray

To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.

Example Sentences

"the plundering of the Parthenon" noun

"his plundering of the great authors" noun

"During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" verb