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  1. 1. n. The act of pillaging; robbery. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. That which is taken from another or others by open force, particularly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder; spoil; booty. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. i. To strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; to spoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. i. To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. goods or money obtained illegally Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. the act of stealing valuable things from a place Source: wordnet
  7. 7. v. steal goods; take as spoils Source: wordnet
  8. 8. 1. The act of pillaging; robbery. Shak. 2. That which is taken from another or others by open force, particularly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder; spoil; booty. Which pillage they with merry march bring home. Shak. Syn. -- Plunder; rapine; spoil; depredation. -- Pillage, Plunder. Pillage refers particularly to the act of stripping the sufferers of their goods, while plunder refers to the removal of the things thus taken; but the words are freely interchanged. To strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; to spoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy. Mummius . . . took, pillaged, and burnt their city. Arbuthnot. To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage. They were suffered to pillage wherever they went. Macaulay. Source: webster
  9. 9. To strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; tospoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy.Mummius . . . took, pillaged, and burnt their city. Arbuthnot. Source: adambom
  10. 10. n:22/v:78 n goods or money obtained illegally n the act of stealing valuable things from a place v steal goods; take as spoils Source: ecdict

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