| NOUN | act | pillaging, plundering, pillage | the act of stealing valuable things from a place |
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| Sounds | pih'lihjhihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | The act of stealing valuable things from a place. | |
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| Synonyms | plundering, pillage | |
| Narrower | banditry | The practice of plundering in gangs |
| depredation, predation | An act of plundering and pillaging and marauding | |
| looting, robbery | plundering during riots or in wartime | |
| rape, rapine | The act of despoiling a country in warfare | |
| ravaging, devastation | plundering with excessive damage and destruction | |
| sack | The plundering of a place by an army or mob | |
| spoil, spoliation, spoilation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation | The act of stripping and taking by force | |
| Broader | aggression, hostility | violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked |
| Spanish | pillaje, saqueo | |
| Catalan | pillatge, saqueig | |
| Verbs | pillage | steal goods |
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