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To loot or plunder by force
“Pillage the village! Stomp on the farms with your boots! Pillage! Pillage! Pillage the village! Eat all the horses and steal all the loot!”
To steal or pilfer, especially by plundering or raiding
“Since the natives could not afford to trade on such monopolistic terms, they began to pillage goods from the warehouses of the Royal Niger Company.”
To ravage or devastate a place or land by plundering it
“Neither then, as they are Greeks, will they pillage the lands, or burn the houses of Greeks.”
To confront through the use of military force
To impoverish or financially ruin
The action of pillaging a place or property, especially in war
“His tenure at the Ministry of the Navy was a complete failure and he presided over the cultural pillage of Italy and Egypt.”
That which has been obtained or gained by pillaging
“Petrucci, for his part, thought that the assembled ships would sail for the coast of Africa in the hope of lucrative pillage.”
A person who is a target or victim of nefarious acts or abuse
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