pillage

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɪl.ɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈpɪl.əd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -ɪlɪdʒ === Verb === pillage (third-person singular simple present pillages, present participle pillaging, simple past and past participle pillaged) (ambitransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war. 1911, Sabine Baring-Gould, Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe, Chapter VI: Cliff Castles—Continued, Archibald V. (1361-1397) was Count of Perigord. He was nominally under the lilies [France], but he pillaged indiscriminately in his county. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === pillage (countable and uncountable, plural pillages) The spoils of war. The act of pillaging. ==== Synonyms ==== (spoils of war): See Thesaurus:booty ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === From piller +‎ -age. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pi.jaʒ/ === Noun === pillage m (plural pillages) pillage Near-synonym: déprédation === Further reading === “pillage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French pillage. === Noun === pillage m (plural pillages) (Jersey) looting ==== Related terms ==== pilleux (“looter”) == Old French == === Noun === pillage oblique singular, m (oblique plural pillages, nominative singular pillages, nominative plural pillage) pillaging ==== Related terms ==== piller ==== Descendants ==== → English: pillage