/ ˈpɪlɪdʒ; NAmE / verb
to steal things from a place or region, especially in a war, using violence
SYN plunder :
[ v ]
The rebels went looting and pillaging.
[ vn ]
The town had been pillaged and burned.
► pil·lage noun [ U ]:
They brought back horrific accounts of murder and pillage.
► pil·la·ger noun
—compare loot , plunder
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (as a noun): from Old French , from piller to plunder.