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Definitions for Pillage

[1] to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
[2] to take as booty.
[3] to rob with open violence; take booty: Soldiers roamed the countryside, pillaging and killing.
[4] the act of plundering, especially in war.
[5] booty or spoil.
[6] to rob (a town, village, etc) of (booty or spoils), esp during a war
[7] the act of pillaging
[8] something obtained by pillaging; booty

Words related to Pillage

maraud, pilfer, ravage, desecrate, loot, ransack, desolate, rob, sack, trespass, appropriate, strip, devastate, nab, arrogate, ruin, thieve, purloin, waste, invade

Words nearby Pillage

pill beetle, pill bug, pill popper, pill pusher, pill-rolling, pillage, pillar, pillar box, pillar to post, pillar-and-breast, pillarbox

Origin of Pillage

1350–1400; Middle English pilage (see pill3, -age), modeled on Middle French pillage (derivative of piller to pillage, orig., to abuse, mistreat, tear, of uncertain origin)

Other words from Pillage

pil·lag·er , noun
un·pil·laged , adjective

Word origin for Pillage

C14: via Old French from piller to despoil, probably from peille rag, from Latin pīleus felt cap

Synonyms for Pillage

desecrate, loot, maraud, pilfer, ransack, ravage, appropriate, arrogate, confiscate, desolate, despoil, devastate, devour, gut, invade, lift, nab, pinch, purloin, raid, rifle, rob, ruin, sack, spoil, steal, strip, thieve, trespass, waste, depredate, lay waste, spoliate