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pillaged Definition


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pillage
verb
    tr & intr
    pillaged, pillaging
    1. To plunder or loot.
      Thesaurus: plunder, ravage, ransack, loot, rob, vandalize, rape, despoil, maraud, raze, depredate.
noun
    1. The act of pillaging.
      Thesaurus: destruction, devastation, depredation, robbery, stealing, marauding, theft.
    2. Loot, plunder or booty.
      Thesaurus: booty, loot, spoils, plunder.
Derivative: pillager
noun
    Etymology: 14c: from French piller.



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