pillage
verb
[ ˈpɪlɪdʒ ]
• rob a (place) using violence, especially in wartime.
• "the abbey was plundered and pillaged"
pillage
noun
• the action of pillaging a place or property, especially in war.
• "rebellious peasants intent on pillage"
Similar:
robbery,
robbing,
raiding,
pillaging,
plunder,
plundering,
looting,
sacking,
sack,
ransacking,
ravaging,
laying waste,
devastation,
depredation,
rape,
harrying,
marauding,
despoiling,
rapine,
spoliation,
reaving,
Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun): from Old French, from piller ‘to plunder’.
