noun
Meaning 1
The spoils of war.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pillage
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/ˈpɪl.ɪd͡ʒ/
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/ˈpɪl.əd͡ʒ/
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noun
Meaning 2
The act of pillaging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Examples
- 1911, Sabine Baring-Gould, Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe, Chapter VI: Cliff Castles—Continued, Archibald V. (1361-1397) was Count of Perigord. He was nominally under the lilies [France], but he pillaged indiscriminately in his county.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the act of stealing valuable things from a place
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the plundering of the Parthenon
- his plundering of the great authors
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: plundering, pillaging
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: aggression, hostility
Narrower terms: banditry, rape, rapine, looting, robbery, spoil, spoliation, spoilation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, ravaging, devastation, depredation, predation, sack
noun
Meaning 5
goods or money obtained illegally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: loot, booty, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stolen property
verb
Meaning 6
steal goods; take as spoils
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, foray
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: take
Narrower terms: deplume, displume
History
Etymology
From Old French pillage, from piller (“plunder”), from an unattested meaning of Late Latin piliō, probably a figurative use of Latin pilō (“to remove (hair)”), from pilus (“hair”).
Across languages
Translations
118 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: плячка (pljačka) — the spoils of war
- Dutch: oorlogsbuiit — the spoils of war
- Finnish: sotasaalis — the spoils of war
- French: pillage — the spoils of war
- Galician: botín — the spoils of war
- Galician: prea — the spoils of war
- Greek: λάφυρα (láfyra) — the spoils of war
- Hebrew: שלל (shalál) — the spoils of war
- Irish: slad — the spoils of war
- Italian: bottino — the spoils of war
- Japanese: 略奪品 (ryakudatsuhin) — the spoils of war
- Korean: 전리품 (jeollipum) — the spoils of war
- Latin: praedes — the spoils of war
- Māori: parakete — the spoils of war
- Portuguese: saque — the spoils of war
- Portuguese: butim — the spoils of war
- Russian: награ́бленное добро́ (nagráblennoje dobró) — the spoils of war
- Russian: трофе́и (troféi) — the spoils of war
- Russian: добы́ча (dobýča) — the spoils of war
- Spanish: despojo — the spoils of war
- Spanish: expolio — the spoils of war
- Walloon: piyaedje — the spoils of war
- Walloon: branscataedje — the spoils of war
- Arabic: غَزَاوَة (ḡazāwa) — the act of pillaging
- Bulgarian: грабеж (grabež) — the act of pillaging
- Bulgarian: плячкосване (pljačkosvane) — the act of pillaging
- Catalan: saqueig — the act of pillaging
- Catalan: pillatge — the act of pillaging
- Czech: plenění — the act of pillaging
- Czech: drancování — the act of pillaging
- Dutch: plundering — the act of pillaging
- Estonian: rüüstamine — the act of pillaging
- Finnish: ryöstäminen — the act of pillaging
- Finnish: ryöväys — the act of pillaging
- French: pillage — the act of pillaging
- Galician: roubo — the act of pillaging
- Galician: saqueo — the act of pillaging
- Galician: pillaxe — the act of pillaging
- German: Plünderung — the act of pillaging
- Greek: λεηλασία (leïlasía) — the act of pillaging
- Greek: πλιάτσικο (pliátsiko) — the act of pillaging
- Greek: κούρσεμα (koúrsema) — the act of pillaging
- Greek: διαγούμισμα (diagoúmisma) — the act of pillaging
- Hebrew: ביזה (bizá) — the act of pillaging
- Irish: slad — the act of pillaging
- Irish: sladaíocht — the act of pillaging
- Irish: sladaireacht — the act of pillaging
- Italian: saccheggio — the act of pillaging
- Japanese: 略奪 (ryakudatsu) — the act of pillaging
- Korean: 약탈 (yaktal) — the act of pillaging
- Latin: rapīna — the act of pillaging
- Latvian: sirojums — the act of pillaging
- Portuguese: saque — the act of pillaging
- Portuguese: pilhagem — the act of pillaging
- Russian: грабёж (grabjóž) — the act of pillaging
- Russian: разграбле́ние (razgrablénije) — the act of pillaging
- Russian: разбо́й (razbój) — the act of pillaging
- Spanish: saqueo — the act of pillaging
- Spanish: pillaje — the act of pillaging
- Spanish: expoliación — the act of pillaging
- Swedish: plundring — the act of pillaging
- Ottoman Turkish: صویغون (soygun) — the act of pillaging
- Ottoman Turkish: تاراج (tarac) — the act of pillaging
- Ottoman Turkish: چاپول (çapul) — the act of pillaging
- Walloon: piyaedje — the act of pillaging
- Walloon: branscataedje — the act of pillaging
- Bulgarian: ограбвам (ograbvam) — loot or plunder by force
- Bulgarian: плячкосвам (pljačkosvam) — loot or plunder by force
- Catalan: saquejar — loot or plunder by force
- Chinese Mandarin: 掠奪 /掠夺 (lüèduó) — loot or plunder by force
- Czech: drancovat — loot or plunder by force
- Czech: plenit — loot or plunder by force
- Danish: plyndre — loot or plunder by force
- Dutch: plunderen — loot or plunder by force
- Estonian: rüüstama — loot or plunder by force
- Finnish: ryöstää — loot or plunder by force
- Finnish: hävittää — loot or plunder by force
- Finnish: rosvota — loot or plunder by force
- French: piller — loot or plunder by force
- German: plündern — loot or plunder by force
- Greek: λεηλατώ (leïlató) — loot or plunder by force
- Greek: κουρσεύω (koursévo) — loot or plunder by force
- Greek: διαγουμίζω (diagoumízo) — loot or plunder by force
- Ancient Greek: συλάω (suláō) — loot or plunder by force
- Hebrew: שדד (shadád) — loot or plunder by force
- Icelandic: ræna — loot or plunder by force
- Icelandic: rupla — loot or plunder by force
- Indonesian: menjarah — loot or plunder by force
- Irish: slad — loot or plunder by force
- Irish: creach — loot or plunder by force
- Italian: saccheggiare — loot or plunder by force
- Japanese: 略奪する (ryakudatsu suru) — loot or plunder by force
- Korean: 약탈하다 (yaktalhada) — loot or plunder by force
- Latin: praedor — loot or plunder by force
- Latin: expīlō — loot or plunder by force
- Latin: populor — loot or plunder by force
- Latvian: sirot — loot or plunder by force
- Māori: pāhuahua — loot or plunder by force
- Māori: pāhua — loot or plunder by force
- Māori: pāhue — loot or plunder by force
- Norwegian: plyndre — loot or plunder by force
- Occitan: saquejar — loot or plunder by force
- Old English: strūdan — loot or plunder by force
- Polish: plądrować — loot or plunder by force
- Portuguese: pilhar — loot or plunder by force
- Portuguese: saquear — loot or plunder by force
- Romanian: prăda — loot or plunder by force
- Russian: гра́бить (grábitʹ) — loot or plunder by force
- Spanish: saquear — loot or plunder by force
- Spanish: pillar — loot or plunder by force
- Spanish: expoliar — loot or plunder by force
- Spanish: despojar — loot or plunder by force
- Swedish: plundra — loot or plunder by force
- Turkish: yağma — loot or plunder by force
- Turkish: talan — loot or plunder by force
- Turkish: çapulculuk — loot or plunder by force
- Ottoman Turkish: چاپوللامق (çapullamak) — loot or plunder by force
- Welsh: diffeithio — loot or plunder by force