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English noun: pillage | |||
| 1. | pillage (possession) goods or money obtained illegally | ||
| Synonyms | booty, dirty money, loot, plunder, prize, swag | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | stolen property | ||
| Part holonym | cut | ||
| 2. | pillage (act) the act of stealing valuable things from a place | ||
| Samples | The plundering of the Parthenon. His plundering of the great authors. | ||
| Synonyms | pillaging, plundering | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | aggression, hostility | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | banditry, depredation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, devastation, looting, predation, rape, rapine, ravaging, robbery, sack, spoil, spoilation, spoliation | ||
English verb: pillage | |||
| 1. | pillage (possession) steal goods; take as spoils | ||
| Samples | During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners. | ||
| Synonyms | despoil, foray, loot, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | take | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | deplume, displume | ||
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