[pil.lage] n [ME, fr. MF, fr. piller to plunder, abuse] (14c) 1: the act of looting or plundering esp. in war
2: something taken as booty
[2]pillage vb pil.laged ; pil.lag.ing vt (ca. 1592): to plunder ruthlessly: loot ~ vi: to take booty syn see ravage -- pil.lag.er n