pillage

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French pillage from piller (“‘plunder’”) from Latin pilleus.

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• IPA: /ˈpɪl.ɪdʒ /, /ˈpɪl.ədʒ/, SAMPA: /"pIl.@dZ/, /"pIl.IdZ/
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• Rhymes: -ɪlədʒ

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to pillage (third-person singular simple present pillages, present participle pillaging, simple past and past participle pillaged)

1. (ambitransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.
   • 1911, Sabine Baring-Gould, Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe, Chapter VI: Cliff Castles—Continued,

     Archibald V. (1361-1397) was Count of Perigord. He was nominally under the lilies [France], but he pillaged indiscriminately in his county.

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pillage (uncountable)

1. The spoils of war.
2. The act of pillaging.

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