n. 25B6; verb
the abbey was pillaged : RANSACK, rob, plunder, despoil, raid, loot; sack, devastate, lay waste, ravage, rape.
columns pillaged from an ancient town : STEAL, pilfer, thieve, take, snatch, purloin, loot; informal swipe, rob, nab, rip off, lift, liberate, borrow, filch, snaffle; Brit. informal pinch, half-inch, nick, whip, knock off, nobble; N. Amer. informal heist.
25B6; noun the rebels were intent on pillage : ROBBERY, robbing, raiding, plunder, looting, sacking, rape, marauding; poetic/literary rapine.