pillage
verb/ˈpɪlɪdʒ/
/ˈpɪlɪdʒ/
[intransitive, transitive, often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they pillage | /ˈpɪlɪdʒ/ /ˈpɪlɪdʒ/ |
| he / she / it pillages | /ˈpɪlɪdʒɪz/ /ˈpɪlɪdʒɪz/ |
| past simple pillaged | /ˈpɪlɪdʒd/ /ˈpɪlɪdʒd/ |
| past participle pillaged | /ˈpɪlɪdʒd/ /ˈpɪlɪdʒd/ |
| -ing form pillaging | /ˈpɪlɪdʒɪŋ/ /ˈpɪlɪdʒɪŋ/ |
- to steal things from a place or region, especially in a war, using violence synonym plunder
- The rebels went looting and pillaging.
- be pillaged The town had been pillaged and burned.
- be pillaged from something Works of art were pillaged from churches and museums.
- pillage something (from something) They pillaged the resources of the conquered colonies.
Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun): from Old French, from piller ‘to plunder’.Want to learn more?
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