OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 29583

pillage

/ˈpɪl.ɪd͡ʒ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
despojo • expolio
The spoils of war.
Which pillage they with merry march bring home.
expoliación • pillaje • saqueo
The act of pillaging.
An employee at a brewery in Kinshasa rated the aftermath as more catastrophic to the company than the direct violence: It was more the consequences of the pillages that hit Bracong…
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📚 verb • entry_id 29582

pillage

/ˈpɪl.ɪd͡ʒ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
despojar • expoliar • pillar • saquear
To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.
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 lil…
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