PILLAGE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The two words share more than a first syllable; pilfer comes from an old word meaning "booty" (as in, things that are stolen or taken by force, especially during a war) and pillage means "to take things from a place by force especially during a war "
PILLAGE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com PILLAGE definition: to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder See examples of pillage used in a sentence
Pillage - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com To pillage is a term of war that means to take everything of value from a place that you've conquered, but these days, pillage can be used to talk about anyone who takes what's not theirs
pillage - WordReference. com Dictionary of English plunder: [no object] The invaders raped and pillaged as they went [~ + object] The invaders pillaged several towns stealing goods through violence or force, as in a war pil•lage (pil′ ij), v , -laged, -lag•ing, n plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city to take as booty
pillage - Wiktionary, the free dictionary pillage (third-person singular simple present pillages, present participle pillaging, simple past and past participle pillaged) (ambitransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war