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- Dictionarypillage/ˈpɪlɪdʒ/
verb
- 1. rob a (place) using violence, especially in wartime: "the abbey was plundered and pillaged"
noun
- 1. the action of pillaging a place or property, especially in war: "rebellious peasants intent on pillage"
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the act of stealing something from a place or a person by using violence, especially during war: They have survived a thousand years of floods, droughts, wars, pillage, and destruction.
The meaning of PILLAGE is the act of looting or plundering especially in war. How to use pillage in a sentence. The Various Uses of Pilfer Synonym Discussion of Pillage.
Pillage definition: to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder. See examples of PILLAGE used in a sentence.
verb. If a group of people pillage a place, they steal property from it using violent methods. Soldiers went on a rampage, pillaging stores and shooting. [VERB noun] ...the boldness to pillage and rape. [VERB] Synonyms: plunder, strip, sack, rob More Synonyms of pillage. Pillage is also a noun. There were no signs of violence or pillage.
To pillage is a term of war that means to take everything of value from a place that you've conquered, but these days, pillage can be used to talk about anyone who takes what's not theirs. It wasn't enough just to win a battle.
1. to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder. 2. to take as booty.
Definition of pillage noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
