Enter a word or phrase in any language 👆
Language:
Translation and analysis of words by ChatGPT artificial intelligence
On this page you can get a detailed analysis of a word or phrase, produced by the best artificial intelligence technology to date:
- how the word is used
- frequency of use
- it is used more often in oral or written speech
- word translation options
- usage examples (several phrases with translation)
- etymology
What (who) is Pillage - definition
INDISCRIMINATE TAKING OF GOODS BY FORCE
Looter; Looters; Plunder; Pillage; Pillaging; War booty; Plundering; Rapine; Looted; Plunders; Despoil; Despoiled; Despoiling; Despoils; Despoiler; Pillagers; Pillages; War loot; Ransack; Spoils of victory; War looting; Booty (loot); Ransacking
![Duke of Alba]], 2 October 1572.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Spaanse Furie - De plundering van Mechelen door de hertog van Alba in 1572 (Frans Hogenberg).jpg?width=200 "Duke of Alba]], 2 October 1572.")
![The aftermath of the plundering of the village of [[Wommelgem]] in 1589. [[Eighty Years' War]], painting by [[Sebastiaen Vrancx]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sebastiaan Vrancx (1573-1647) - De plundering van Wommelgem (1625-1630) - Düsseldorf Museum Kunstpalast 15-08-2012 15-08-12.JPG?width=200 "The aftermath of the plundering of the village of [[Wommelgem]] in 1589. [[Eighty Years' War]], painting by [[Sebastiaen Vrancx]]")
![mass unrest]] in the United States, 7 June 2020](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Saks Fifth Avenue Boarded Up During Black Lives Matter Protests New York City - 49984780162.jpg?width=200 "mass unrest]] in the United States, 7 June 2020")
![The [[Beit Ghazaleh]] Museum of Aleppo was looted of its contents prior to being hit by explosions (photo 2017)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Beit Ghazaleh Alep Dec 2017.jpg?width=200 "The [[Beit Ghazaleh]] Museum of Aleppo was looted of its contents prior to being hit by explosions (photo 2017)")
![Looters attempting to enter a cycle shop in North London during the [[2011 England riots]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2011 London riots.jpg?width=200 "Looters attempting to enter a cycle shop in North London during the [[2011 England riots]]")
pillage
(pillages, pillaging, pillaged)
If a group of people pillage a place, they steal property from it using violent methods.
Soldiers went on a rampage, pillaging stores and shooting.
...the boldness to pillage and rape.
= plunder
VERB: V n, V
•
Pillage is also a noun.
There were no signs of violence or pillage.
N-UNCOUNT
• pillaging
...pillaging by people looking for something to eat.
N-UNCOUNT
pillage
¦ verb rob or steal with violence, especially in wartime.
¦ noun the action of pillaging.
Derivatives
pillager noun
Origin
ME: from OFr., from piller 'to plunder'.
pillage
I. n.
1.
Spoliation, depredation, destruction, devastation, plundering, rapine.
2.
Plunder, booty, spoil, prey.
II. v. a.
Plunder, spoil, despoil, sack, strip, rifle.
Wikipedia
Looting
Looting is the act of stealing, or the taking of goods by force, typically in the midst of a military, political, or other social crisis, such as war, natural disasters (where law and civil enforcement are temporarily ineffective), or rioting. The proceeds of all these activities can be described as booty, loot, plunder, spoils, or pillage.
During modern-day armed conflicts, looting is prohibited by international law, and constitutes a war crime.
Examples of use of Pillage
1. "Both pillage, rape, tax and generally harass civilians," he said.
2. Of late, pillage has been the preserve of Pakistan’s batsmen.
3. Scorched earth, massacre, pillage and rape were the norm.
4. The facts disclose the vicious pillage of gold by the Japanese imperialists in Korea.
5. The people here, due to poverty, are being compelled to pillage their own history.