PILLAGE


Meaning of PILLAGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pɪlɪdʒ ]

( pillages, pillaging, pillaged)

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.

...the boldness to pillage and rape.

= plunder

VERB : V n , V

Pillage is also a noun.

There were no signs of violence or pillage.

N-UNCOUNT

• pil‧lag‧ing

...pillaging by people looking for something to eat.

N-UNCOUNT

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