Definition of pillage

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pil·lage    (plj) KEY 

VERB:
pil·laged, pil·lag·ing, pil·lag·es
VERB:
tr.

1. To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder.
2. To take as spoils.

VERB:
intr.

To take spoils by force.

NOUN:

1. The act of pillaging.
2. Something pillaged; spoils.

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ETYMOLOGY:
From Middle English, booty, from Old French, from piller, to plunder, from peille, rag (probably from Vulgar Latin *pilleus, *pleus, felt cap), or from Vulgar Latin *plire

OTHER FORMS:
pillag·er(Noun)