goods or money obtained illegally
Used in a Sentence
pillage
How to use pillage in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for pillage.
Editorial note
I thought hashbangs were a rape and pillage of URI convention.
Examples14
Definitions3
Parts of speech2
Quick take
goods or money obtained illegally
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of pillage gathered in one view.
the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"
steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for pillage.
noun
goods or money obtained illegally
noun
the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"
See also: plundering, pillaging
verb
steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
See also: plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, foray
Example sentences
I thought hashbangs were a rape and pillage of URI convention.
It's not a right to encourage people to rape, murder and pillage, is that really so shocking to you?
Let alone lobby/bribe the government to open new loopholes so they can pillage harder and faster.
Firstly, this is not an instance of a company being pillaged by an activist investor.
They did it because it's easier to rape and maim and pillage the weak than it is to stand up to the power structure you are within.
They are on the blockchain just somebody used a bug in Gox's custom php wallet to pillage all the coins for themselves.
I assume the EU will be making sure German bankers don't simply pillage Greece's economy for decades.
That's what healthy, vigorous countries did, and we had recently run out of Native Americans to pillage.
The stress of subordination stokes the r-drive which would, in 700 AD, be inclined to rape and pillage, and with probably less of the pillaging.
Majority of local vendors will try to pillage any foreigner.
I wonder if commenters like Aloisius would complain if the army would go and start pillage while out and engaging war. It would surely give the US an economic advantage, which is surely in the mandate of the army.
So we should all just rape, murder, pillage, steal, and throw our feces around because those are natural impulses?I'll pass on that world, I like my humans with at least a modicum of civility.
They don't have a ton of money like the tech industry, and half of politicians and voters have an intrinsic distrust of environmentalists because they think it's God's will to pillage the earth's resources.
It looks like tech in general is trying to frogmarch new developments before they can be properly secured -- cobbling together networks that are fragile to pillage, like building un-walled cities in Genghis Khan's grazing grounds.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use pillage in a sentence?
I thought hashbangs were a rape and pillage of URI convention.
What does pillage mean?
goods or money obtained illegally
What part of speech is pillage?
pillage is commonly used as noun, verb.