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  • verb Present participle of pillage.

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  • noun the act of stealing valuable things from a place

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  • JM recommends pillaging before burning.

    July 17, 2011

  • I associate pillaging with looting (stealing from shops and other places that have already been damaged) , setting on fire and destroying.

    August 23, 2011