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pillage

🇬🇧 UK/'pilidʒ/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To loot or plunder a place by force, especially during war.

掠夺，抢劫

n.

The act of looting by force; goods taken as spoils of war.

掠夺；战利品，掠夺物

🧩 Root Breakdown

Loanword
pillageother
=pillage

Common Collocations

  • 1.pillage and plunder烧杀抢掠
  • 2.widespread pillage大规模掠夺
  • 3.[pillage of resources]掠夺资源
  • 4.pillage a village洗劫村庄

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Invading soldiers pillaged the village, leaving nothing of value behind.

  • 2.

    The museum's collection was lost to pillage during the wartime occupation.

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