Noun: pillage pi-lij
- The act of stealing valuable things from a place
"the pillage of the Parthenon";
- plundering, pillaging
- Goods or money obtained illegally
"The pirates divided up their pillage";
- loot, booty, plunder, prize, swag [informal], dirty money [informal]
- Steal goods; take as spoils
"During the earthquake people pillaged the stores that were deserted by their owners";
- plunder, despoil, loot, reave [archaic], strip, rifle, ransack, foray
Derived forms: pillaged, pillages, pillaging
Type of: aggression, hostility, stolen property, take
Encyclopedia: Pillage