Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pillage
2 senses of pillage
Sense 1
loot, booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money -- (goods or money obtained illegally)
=> stolen property -- (property that has been stolen)
Sense 2
plundering, pillage, pillaging -- (the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors")
=> aggression, hostility -- (violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pillage
1 sense of pillage
Sense 1
plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray -- (steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners")
=> take -- (take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill")