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Definition of Pillages

Pillage
Pillage Pil"lage, n. [F., fr. piller to plunder. See Pill to plunder.] 1. The act of pillaging; robbery. --Shak. 2. That which is taken from another or others by open force, particularly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder; spoil; booty. Which pillage they with merry march bring home. --Shak. Syn: Plunder; rapine; spoil; depredation. Usage: Pillage, Plunder. Pillage refers particularly to the act of stripping the sufferers of their goods, while plunder refers to the removal of the things thus taken; but the words are freely interchanged.
Pillage
Pillage Pil"lage, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pillaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Pillaging.] To strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; to spoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy. Mummius . . . took, pillaged, and burnt their city. --Arbuthnot.
Pillage
Pillage Pil"lage, v. i. To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage. They were suffered to pillage wherever they went. --Macaulay.

Meaning of Pillages from wikipedia

- The Pillage is the debut solo studio album by American rapper Cappadonna. It was released on March 24, 1998, through Razor Sharp and Epic Street. The...
- these activities can be described as booty, loot, plunder, spoils, or pillage. During modern-day armed conflicts, looting is prohibited by international...
- post office called Pillager has been in operation since 1886. The city was named after the Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians. Pillager is located in Sylvan...
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- The Pillage of Sigtuna was the raid of the Swedish town of Sigtuna by pagans from the Eastern Baltic in 1187, leading to its destruction. The pillage is...
- Myles Pillage (born 24 January 1998) is a British modern pentathlete. He parti****ted at the 2018 World Modern Pentathlon Championships held in Mexico...
- The Pillage of Ein Gedi refers to the Sicarii raid of Ein Gedi during the First Jewish–Roman War. According to Josephus, on P****over, the Sicarii of Masada...
- incursions into Styria nearly 20 times, of which some are cited as "burning, pillaging, and taking thousands of slaves". In late September 1529, Suleiman the...
- January 2013. 1204 The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople, destroying and pillaging many of its treasures, fatally weakening the empire both economically...
- The Russian Pillage (Swedish: rysshärjningarna), is the name for the action of the Imperial Russian Fleet toward the Swedish civilian po****tion along...