pillage
verb[IorT]
formaluk/ˈpɪl.ɪdʒ/us/ˈpɪl.ɪdʒ/tostealsomething from aplaceor apersonby usingviolence,especiallyduringwar:
（尤指在战争中）掠夺，抢劫，劫掠Works ofartwere pillagedfrommanycountriesin thedarkdaysof the Empire.在该帝国一手遮天的黑暗时期，许多国家的艺术品被肆意掠夺。
Synonyms
despoilformal
loot
plunder
ransack
rifle
strip
Stealing
- abscond
- aggravated burglary
- anti-burglar
- anti-burglary
- anti-piracy
- hot-wire
- housebreaking
- jemmy
- jimmy
- job
- kleptomania
- piratical
- plunder
- poach
- poaching
- purloin
- rustle
- rustling
- snaffle
- snitch
pillage
noun[U]
formaluk/ˈpɪl.ɪdʒ/us/ˈpɪl.ɪdʒ/theactofstealingsomething from aplaceor apersonby usingviolence,especiallyduringwar:
They havesurviveda thousandyearsoffloods,droughts,wars, pillage, anddestruction.
Severalactsofintentionalpillage,destruction, andburningwere attributed to thepartiesinconflict.
Synonyms
looting
plunder
Compare
robbery
- He has givendetailsof theculturalpillage of thecountryduring and after thewar.
- It wasn'tlongbefore pillage,disease, andforcedlabourwipedthem out.
- It is the best-knownexampleof pillage andmassmurderbecause it is the one most oftenpicturedontelevision.
Stealing
- abscond
- aggravated burglary
- anti-burglar
- anti-burglary
- anti-piracy
- hot-wire
- housebreaking
- jemmy
- jimmy
- job
- kleptomania
- piratical
- plunder
- poach
- poaching
- purloin
- rustle
- rustling
- snaffle
- snitch