Associations to the word «Pillage»

Wiktionary

PILLAGE, verb. (ambitransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.
PILLAGE, noun. The spoils of war.
PILLAGE, noun. The act of pillaging.

Dictionary definition

PILLAGE, noun. Goods or money obtained illegally.
PILLAGE, noun. The act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors".
PILLAGE, verb. Steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne