pillage

pillage — [ pijaʒ ] n. m. • déb. XIVe; de piller 1 ♦ Action de piller; vols et dégâts commis par ceux qui pillent. ⇒ déprédation, dévastation, razzia, 2. sac, saccage. Scènes de pillage. « Jaffa fut livré au pillage et à toutes les horreurs de la guerre »… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

pillage — Pillage. s. m. v. Saccagement. Donner au pillage. mettre au pillage. abandonner au pillage. la ville fut abandonnée au pillage. on promit le pillage de la ville aux soldats. il arriva une chose extraordinaire dans le pillage de cette ville. On… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

Pillage — Pil lage, n. [F., fr. piller to plunder. See {Pill} to plunder.] 1. The act of pillaging; robbery. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is taken from another or others by open force, particularly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder; spoil;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

pillage — Pillage, Praeda. Mettre un gendarme en appetit de pillage, Imbuere praeda ciuili militem. B. ex Tacit. Ils passent le fleuve en esperance d avoir tout le pillage et la despoüille, In spem vniuersae praedae traiiciunt flumen. Donner à aucun le… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

pillage — pil·lage / pi lij/ vb pil·laged, pil·lag·ing vt: to loot or plunder esp. in war vi: to take booty pillage n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

Pillage — 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. [1913 Webster] Mummius . . . took, pillaged, and burnt… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Pillage — Pil lage, v. i. To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage. [1913 Webster] They were suffered to pillage wherever they went. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

pillage — vb *ravage, devastate, waste, sack, despoil, spoliate Analogous words: plunder, loot, *rob, rifle: invade, encroach, irespass: confiscate, *arrogate, appropriate, usurp …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

pillage — [v] plunder, destroy appropriate, arrogate, confiscate, depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, devour, gut, invade, lay waste*, lift*, loot, maraud, nab*, pilfer, pinch*, purloin, raid, ransack, ravage, rifle*, rob, ruin, sack, spoil …   New thesaurus

pillage — ► VERB ▪ rob or steal with violence, especially in wartime. ► NOUN ▪ the action of pillaging. DERIVATIVES pillager noun. ORIGIN Old French, from piller to plunder …   English terms dictionary

pillage — [pil′ij] n. [ME pilage < MFr < piller: see PILL2] 1. the act of plundering 2. that which is plundered; booty; loot vt. pillaged, pillaging 1. to deprive of money or property by violence; loot …   English World dictionary