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Pillaging — Pillage Pil lage, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pillaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pillaging}.] To strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; to spoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy. [1913 Webster] Mummius . . . took, pillaged, and … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pillaging — Synonyms and related words: assault, attack, banditry, battering, brigandage, brigandism, butchery, depredation, despoiling, despoilment, despoliation, direption, disorderliness, foraging, foray, forcible seizure, freebooting, killing, laying… … Moby Thesaurus
pillaging — pil·lage || pɪlɪdÊ’ n. plundering, taking of spoils, looting v. loot, take spoils, plunder; rob, steal … English contemporary dictionary
pillaging — noun the act of stealing valuable things from a place the plundering of the Parthenon his plundering of the great authors • Syn: ↑plundering, ↑pillage • Derivationally related forms: ↑pillage, ↑plunder ( … Useful english dictionary
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