pillage
The spoils of warThe spoils of war.
» The barbarians raped and pillaged our city.
Варвары разорили и разграбили наш город.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The spoils of war.
награ́бленное добро́nagráblennoje dobró, трофе́иtroféi, добы́чаdobýča
(countable, uncountable)The act of pillaging.
Plünderung
грабёжgrabjóž, разграбле́ниеrazgrablénije, разбо́йrazbój
the act of stealing valuable things from a place
Examples
9 sentencesThe barbarians raped and pillaged our city.
ruВарвары разорили и разграбили наш город.
The sumptuous residence of a government official was pillaged.
If you don't show fealty to the crown then your lands will be pillaged.
Sami and Layla pillaged Farid's house.
Western Sahara is being pillaged by Morocco.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
From Old French pillage, from piller (“plunder”), from an unattested meaning of Late LatinFrom Old French pillage, from piller (“plunder”), from an unattested meaning of Late Latin piliō, probably a figurative use of Latin pilō (“to remove (hair)”), from pilus (“hair”).
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Forms
plural: pillagesSynonyms
8 synonyms- the act of stealing valuable things from a place:plunderingpillaging
- goods or money obtained illegally:lootbootyplunderprizeswagdirty money
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable