(~s, pillaging, ~d)
If a group of people ~ a place, they steal property from it using violent methods.
Soldiers went on a rampage, pillaging stores and shooting.
...the boldness to ~ and rape.
= plunder
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Pillage is also a noun.
There were no signs of violence or ~.
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pillaging
...pillaging by people looking for something to eat.
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