pillage
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French pillage, from piller (“plunder”), from an unattested meaning of Late Latin piliō, probably a figurative use of Latin pilō, from pilus (“hair”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
pillage (third-person singular simple present pillages, present participle pillaging, simple past and past participle pillaged)
- (transitive, intransitive) 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.
- 1911, Sabine Baring-Gould, Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe, Chapter VI: Cliff Castles—Continued,
Translations [edit]
loot or plunder by force
Noun [edit]
pillage (uncountable)
- The spoils of war.
- The act of pillaging.
Translations [edit]
the spoils of war
the act of pillaging
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Jèrriais [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French pillage.
Noun [edit]
pillage m (plural pillages)
Related terms [edit]
- pilleux (“looter”)
Old French [edit]
Noun [edit]
pillage m (oblique plural pillages, nominative singular pillages, nominative plural pillage)
