pillaging

Variant of pillage

pillage definition

pil·lage (pil′ij)

noun

  1. the act of plundering
  2. that which is plundered; booty; loot

Etymology: ME pilage < MFr < piller: see pill

transitive verb pillaged -·laged, pillaging -·lag·ing

  1. to deprive of money or property by violence; loot
  2. to take as booty or loot

intransitive verb

to engage in plunder; take loot

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