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Meaning of word pillage from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

pillage noun

Meaning : Goods or money obtained illegally.

Synonyms : booty, dirty money, loot, plunder, prize, swag

Meaning : The act of stealing valuable things from a place.

Example : The plundering of the Parthenon.
His plundering of the great authors.

Synonyms : pillaging, plundering

pillage verb

Meaning : Steal goods. Take as spoils.

Example : During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners.

Synonyms : despoil, foray, loot, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip

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