pillage

Etymology

From Old French pillage, from piller (“plunder”), from an unattested meaning of Late Latin piliō, probably a figurative use of Latin pilō (“I remove (hair)”), from pilus (“hair”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪl.ɪdʒ /, /ˈpɪl.ədʒ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪlədʒ

Verb

pillage (third-person singular simple present pillages, present participle pillaging, simple past and past participle pillaged)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.
   • 1911, Sabine Baring-Gould, Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe, Chapter VI: Cliff Castles—Continued,

     Archibald V. (1361-1397) was Count of Perigord. He was nominally under the lilies [France], but he pillaged indiscriminately in his county.

Noun

pillage (countable and uncountable, plural pillages)

1. The spoils of war.
   • Shakespeare

     Which pillage they with merry march bring home.

2. The act of pillaging.

Etymology

piller +‎ -age

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.jaʒ/

Noun

pillage m (plural pillages)

1. pillage

Etymology

From Old French pillage.

Noun

pillage m (plural pillages)

1. (Jersey) looting

Noun

pillage m (oblique plural pillages, nominative singular pillages, nominative plural pillage)

1. pillaging