English > pillaging: 1 sense > noun 1, actMeaning | The act of stealing valuable things from a place. |
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Synonyms | plundering, pillage |
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Narrower | banditry | The practice of plundering in gangs |
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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 |
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Spanish | pillaje, saqueo |
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Catalan | pillatge, saqueig |
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Verbs | pillage | steal goods |
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