English > pillager: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war). |
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| Synonyms | plunderer, looter, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter |
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| Category | war, warfare | The waging of armed conflict against an enemy / enemy |
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| Narrower | pirate, buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover | someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation |
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| Broader | thief, stealer | A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it |
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| Spanish | asaltante, filibustero, saqueador |
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| Catalan | assaltant, saquejador |
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| Verbs | pillage | steal goods |
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