pillage meaning and definition

PILLAGE noun

Definition of pillage (noun)

1. goods or money obtained illegally
   • synonyms: booty, dirty money, loot, plunder, prize, swag
2. the act of stealing valuable things from a place
   • "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"
   • synonyms: pillaging, plundering

PILLAGE verb

Definition of pillage (verb)

1. steal goods; take as spoils
   • "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
   • synonyms: despoil, foray, loot, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip