Pillage

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɪl.ɪdÊ’ /, /ˈpɪl.É™dÊ’/
• Rhymes: -ɪlÉ™dÊ’

Origin

From Old French pillage, from piller ("plunder"), from an unattested meaning of Late Latin piliō, probably a figurative use of Latin pilō (""), from pilus ("hair").

Full definition of pillage

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.
• 1911, Sabine Baring-Gould, Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe, ,Archibald V. (1361-1397) was Count of Perigord. He was nominally under the lilies France, but he pillaged indiscriminately in his county.

Noun

1. The spoils of war.
• ShakespeareWhich pillage they with merry march bring home.
2. The act of pillaging.