Pillageverb
(ambitransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.
Theftnoun
The act of stealing property.
Pillagenoun
The spoils of war.
Theftnoun
The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny.
Pillagenoun
The act of pillaging.
Theftnoun
The thing stolen.
âIf the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, . . . he shall restore double.â;
Pillagenoun
The act of pillaging; robbery.
Theftnoun
the act of taking something from someone unlawfully;
âthe thieving is awful at Kennedy Internationalâ;
Pillagenoun
That which is taken from another or others by open force, particularly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder; spoil; booty.
âWhich pillage they with merry march bring home.â;
Theftnoun
the action or crime of stealing
âthe latest theft happened at a garageâ; âhe was convicted of theftâ;
Pillageverb
To strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; to spoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy.
âMummius . . . took, pillaged, and burnt their city.â;
Theft
Theft is the taking of another person's property or services without that person's permission or consent with the intent to deprive the rightful owner of it. The word theft is also used as an informal shorthand term for some crimes against property, such as burglary, embezzlement, larceny, looting, robbery, shoplifting, library theft or fraud.
Pillageverb
To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage.
âThey were suffered to pillage wherever they went.â;
Pillagenoun
goods or money obtained illegally
Pillagenoun
the act of stealing valuable things from a place;
âthe plundering of the Parthenonâ; âhis plundering of the great authorsâ;
Pillageverb
steal goods; take as spoils;
âDuring the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their ownersâ;