pillage

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

▪ I. pil·lage [pillage pillages pillaged pillaging] BrE [ˈpɪlɪdʒ] NAmE [ˈpɪlɪdʒ] verb intransitive, transitive
to steal things from a place or region, especially in a war, using violence
Syn: ↑plunder
•The rebels went looting and pillaging.
•~ sth The town had been pillaged and burned.
•~ sth from sth Works of art were pillaged from churches and museums.
compare ↑loot, ↑plunder
Derived Word: ↑pillager
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun): from Old French, from piller ‘to plunder’.

Example Bank:
•The town had been pillaged and burnt.
 
▪ II. pil·lage noun uncountable
•They brought back horrific accounts of murder and pillage.
Main entry: ↑pillage_derived

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  plundering, pillaging, loot, booty, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money, despoil, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, foray