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   pillage

   /ˈpɪlɪdʒ/

   verb

   • 1. rob a (place) using violence, especially in wartime: "the abbey was plundered and pillaged"
   • ▪ steal (something) using violence, especially in wartime: "artworks pillaged from churches and museums" Similar ransacksteal fromplunderrobraidlootriflesackdispossessstripdeprivedenudedevastatelay wasteravageharrymaraudliterary:despoilarchaic:spoilreaveraperare:depredatespoliateforagestealpilferthieverobtakesnatchpurloinlootrifleabscond withcarry offinformal:walk off/away withrun away/off withswipenabrip offliftliberatefilchsnafflesnitchpinchhalf-inchnickwhipknock offnobbleboneheistglomsnaveltiefarchaic:cribhookreave

   noun

   • 1. the action of pillaging a place or property, especially in war: "rebellious peasants intent on pillage"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a noun): from Old French, from piller ‘to plunder’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pillager noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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