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pillage

pil·lage

UK/ˈpɪl.ɪd͡ʒ/ US/ˈpɪl.əd͡ʒ/ uncommon
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

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the act of stealing valuable things from a place

  • “the plundering of the Parthenon”
  • “his plundering of the great authors”
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verb

1.

steal goods; take as spoils

  • “During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners”
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Origin

From 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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