n. 掠夺, 抢劫, 掠夺物, 战利品

vt. 掠夺, 抢劫

vi. 掠夺, 抢劫

[法] 掠夺, 抢劫, 掠夺物

Pillage \Pil"lage\, n. [F., fr. piller to plunder. See {Pill} to
plunder.]
1. The act of pillaging; robbery. --Shak.

2. That which is taken from another or others by open force,
particularly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder;
spoil; booty.

Which pillage they with merry march bring home.
--Shak.

Syn: Plunder; rapine; spoil; depredation.

Usage: {Pillage}, {Plunder}. Pillage refers particularly to
the act of stripping the sufferers of their goods,
while plunder refers to the removal of the things thus
taken; but the words are freely interchanged.


Pillage \Pil"lage\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pillaged}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Pillaging}.]
To strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; to
spoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy.

Mummius . . . took, pillaged, and burnt their city.
--Arbuthnot.


Pillage \Pil"lage\, v. i.
To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage.

They were suffered to pillage wherever they went.
--Macaulay.