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Definition of Pillages

Pillage
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
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
Pillage Pil"lage, v. i. To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage. They were suffered to pillage wherever they went. --Macaulay.

Meaning of Pillages from wikipedia

- these activities can be described as booty, loot, plunder, spoils, or pillage. Looting by a victorious army during war has been a common practice throughout...
- The Pillage is the debut solo studio album by American rapper Cappadonna. It was released on March 24, 1998, through Razor Sharp and Epic Street. The...
- Pillager is a town in Minnesota, U.S. It may also refer to: One who pillages; see looting Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians A mob from Minecraft This disambiguation...
- The Pillage of Sigtuna was the raid of the Swedish town of Sigtuna by pagans from the Eastern Baltic in 1187, leading to its destruction. The pillage is...
- post office called Pillager has been in operation since 1886. The city was named after the Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians. Pillager is located in Sylvan...
- Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians (or simply the Pillagers; Makandwewininiwag in the Ojibwe language) are a historical band of Chippewa (Ojibwe) who settled...
- illegal, moral or immoral, was the ultimate duty of the soldier. Rape and pillage were prohibited by some army codes as early as the 14th century because...
- settled in the Hijaz while its nomadic affiliates pastured and sometimes pillaged as far away as Palestine. The nomadic Midianites were one of the earliest...
- children) or Dingnis, Dingnus (ransom paid during the war to protect against pillaging). The celebration has been traced back to the 14th century of the Christian...
- Angeles Times, December 27, 1999 "NO HAPPINESS REMAINS" CIVILIAN KILLINGS, PILLAGE, AND RAPE IN ALKHAN-YURT, CHECHNYA, Human Rights Watch investigation report...