pillage en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Old French pillage, from piller (“plunder”), from an unattested meaning of Late Latin piliō, probably a figurative use of Latin pilō (“to remove (hair)”), from pilus (“hair”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The spoils of war.
Which pillage they with merry march bring home.
1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
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(countable, uncountable) The act of pillaging.
An employee at a brewery in Kinshasa rated the aftermath as more catastrophic to the company than the direct violence: It was more the consequences of the pillages that hit Bracongo – the poverty of the people, our friends who buy beer.
2013, Zoë Marriage, Formal Peace and Informal War: Security and Development in Congo:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pillages | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
booty (spoils of war)
Translations (62)
fi sotasaalis (the spoils of war) · la praedes (the spoils of war) · wa branscataedje (the act of pillaging) · nl oorlogsbuiit (the spoils of war) · cs drancování (the act of pillaging) · ko 전리품 (the spoils of war) · gl roubo (the act of pillaging) · de Plünderung (the act of pillaging) · ota تاراج (the act of pillaging) · ja 略奪品 (the spoils of war) · el πλιάτσικο (the act of pillaging) · fi ryöstäminen (the act of pillaging) · wa piyaedje (the act of pillaging) · ga slad (the spoils of war) · sv plundring (the act of pillaging) · ru разграбле́ние (the act of pillaging) · fr pillage (the act of pillaging) · nl plundering (the act of pillaging) · gl prea (the spoils of war) · el διαγούμισμα (the act of pillaging) · ga sladaíocht (the act of pillaging) · mi parakete (the spoils of war) · gl botín (the spoils of war) · la rapīna (the act of pillaging) · bg грабеж (the act of pillaging) · es pillaje (the act of pillaging) · et rüüstamine (the act of pillaging) · it bottino (the spoils of war) · wa piyaedje (the spoils of war) · fr pillage (the spoils of war) · lv sirojums (the act of pillaging) · ja 略奪 (the act of pillaging) · cs plenění (the act of pillaging) · he ביזה (the act of pillaging) · el λεηλασία (the act of pillaging) · ru награ́бленное добро́ (the spoils of war) · gl saqueo (the act of pillaging) · ota صویغون (the act of pillaging) · gl pillaxe (the act of pillaging) · fi ryöväys (the act of pillaging) · ca saqueig (the act of pillaging) · ga slad (the act of pillaging) · wa branscataedje (the spoils of war) · it saccheggio (the act of pillaging) · bg плячка (the spoils of war) · pt pilhagem (the act of pillaging) · el κούρσεμα (the act of pillaging) · ru разбо́й (the act of pillaging) · ru грабёж (the act of pillaging) · ota چاپول (the act of pillaging) · he שלל (the spoils of war) · el λάφυρα (the spoils of war) · ru трофе́и (the spoils of war) · bg плячкосване (the act of pillaging) · ru добы́ча (the spoils of war) · ca pillatge (the act of pillaging) · ko 약탈 (the act of pillaging) · pt butim (the spoils of war) · ar غَزَاوَة (the act of pillaging) · ga sladaireacht (the act of pillaging) · pt saque (the act of pillaging) · pt saque (the spoils of war)