pillage

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pil·lage /ˈpɪlɪdʒ/ verb [intransitive, transitive]  STEALif soldiers pillage a place in a war, they steal a lot of things and do a lot of damage 〔军队〕抢劫，劫掠，掠夺（某地） SYN plunder —pillage noun [uncountable] —pillager noun [countable]→ See Verb table

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pillage• A horde of Goblins under Grom the Paunch pillaged eastern Ulthuan.• Reims suffered four sieges in sixty years, Épernay was pillaged half a dozen times and burnt twice.• It might have been better had they looted, pillaged, raped, and left.• Its aim is no longer to pillage the wild for man's use, but to protect what remains against domestication.• In 1498, Vasco da Gama pursued and pillaged them.Origin pillage (1300-1400) French piller “to rob”

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pillage
pil‧lage /ˈpɪlɪdʒ/ verb [intransitive and transitive]if soldiers pillage a place in a war, they steal a lot of things and do a lot of damage
   SYN  plunder
—pillage noun [uncountable]
—pillager noun [countable]

pil·lageBrE /ˈpɪlɪdʒ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpɪlɪdʒ/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they pillage BrE /ˈpɪlɪdʒ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈpɪlɪdʒ/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it pillages BrE /ˈpɪlɪdʒɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈpɪlɪdʒɪz/ 🔊past simple pillaged BrE /ˈpɪlɪdʒd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈpɪlɪdʒd/ 🔊past participle pillaged BrE /ˈpɪlɪdʒd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈpɪlɪdʒd/ 🔊 -ing form pillaging BrE /ˈpɪlɪdʒɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈpɪlɪdʒɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] to steal things from a place or region, especially in a war, using violence 抢劫；劫掠；掠夺 SYN plunder ◆The rebels went looting and pillaging. 叛乱者趁火打劫，掠夺财物。🔊🔊◆~ sth The town had been pillaged and burned. 这座城镇被洗劫焚毁。🔊🔊◆~ sth from sth Works of art were pillaged from churches and museums. 教堂和博物馆的艺术品被劫掠一空。🔊🔊▸ pil·lage noun [uncountable] ◆They brought back horrific accounts of murder and pillage. 他们带回了残杀掳掠的可怕消息。🔊🔊▸ pil·la·ger BrE /ˈpɪlɪdʒə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpɪlɪdʒər/ 🔊 noun  ➡  compare loot verb, plunder verb