Pillage word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "pillage" word

[noun] the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of Rome"; "his plundering of the great authors"
[noun] goods or money obtained illegally
[verb] steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

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\Pil"lage\, n. [F., fr. piller to plunder. See {Pill} to plunder.] 1. The act of pillaging; robbery. --Shak. 2. That which is taken from another or others by open force, particularly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder; spoil; booty. Which pillage they with merry march bring home. --Shak. Syn: Plunder; rapine; spoil; depredation. Usage: {Pillage}, {Plunder}. Pillage refers particularly to the act of stripping the sufferers of their goods, while plunder refers to the removal of the things thus taken; but the words are freely interchanged.
\Pil"lage\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pillaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pillaging}.] To strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; to spoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy. Mummius . . . took, pillaged, and burnt their city. --Arbuthnot.
\Pil"lage\, v. i. To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage. They were suffered to pillage wherever they went. --Macaulay.

Synonyms for pillage

booty, despoil, foray, loot, loot, pillaging, plunder, plunder, plundering, prize, ransack, reave, rifle, strip, swag

Related terms: batter, booty, brigandage, brigandism, carry on, demolition, filch, freeboot, laying waste, looting, nab, prey on, raiding, ransack, ravagement, raven, sow chaos, spoiling, strip, sweep, usurp, vandalize

The fun area, different aproach to word »pillage«

Let's analyse "pillage" as pure text. This string has Seven letters in Two syllables and Three vowels. 42.9% of vowels is 4.3% more then average English word. Written in backwards: EGALLIP. Average typing speed for these characters is 2020 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .--. .. .-.. .-.. .- --. .

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: pillage: 9 + 1 + 5 = 15, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: pillage: 7 + 9 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 7 + 5 = 35, reduced: 8, and the final result is Eight.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
E (1)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
G (1)	7	Chariot	Strong, Sturdy, Decisive
I (1)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
L (2)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
P (1)	16	Tower	Craftsman, Laborer, Builder

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