pillage
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(noun) the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of Rome"; "his plundering of the great authors" |
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Synonyms: pillaging, plundering |
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Related Words: aggression, banditry, depredation, despoilment, despoliation, devastation, hostility, looting, marauding, predation, preying, rape, rapine, ravaging, robbery, spoil, spoilation, spoliation |
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(noun) goods or money obtained illegally |
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Synonyms: booty, loot, plunder, prize, swag |
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Related Words: stolen property |
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(verb) steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" |
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Synonyms: despoil, foray, loot, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip |
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Related Words: deplume, displume, take |
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