what does pillage mean?
PILLAGE as NOUN
- Meaning
- the act of stealing valuable things from a place
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- the plundering of the Parthenon
- his plundering of the great authors
Hypernyms(s) pillage is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- goods or money obtained illegally
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Hypernyms(s) pillage is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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PILLAGE as VERB
- Meaning
- steal goods
- take as spoils
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Usage Example(s)
- During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
Hypernyms(s) pillage is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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