| VERB | possession | pillage, plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, foray | steal goods |
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| NOUN | possession | pillage, loot, booty, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money | goods or money obtained illegally |
| act | pillage, plundering, pillaging | the act of stealing valuable things from a place |
| Sounds | pih'lihjh | |
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| Rhymes | abridge ... yardage: 133 rhymes with ihjh... | |
| Meaning | Goods or money obtained illegally. | |
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| Synonyms | loot, booty, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money | |
| Parts | cut | A share of the profits / profits |
| Broader | stolen property | Property that has been stolen |
| Spanish | botín, presa, sacomano, saqueo | |
| Catalan | botí, presa, roberia, saqueig | |
| Verbs | pillage | steal goods |
| Meaning | The act of stealing valuable things from a place. | |
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| Synonyms | plundering, pillaging | |
| 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 | |
| Meaning | steal goods; take as spoils. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, foray | |
| Narrower | deplume, displume | strip of honors, possessions, or attributes |
| Broader | take | Take by force |
| Spanish | despojar, desvalijar, expoliar, pillar, saquear | |
| Catalan | desvalisar, espoliar, expilar, saquejar | |
| Nouns | pillage | goods or money obtained illegally |
| pillager | someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) | |
| pillaging | the act of stealing valuable things from a place | |
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