pillag

v. i. To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage. [ 1913 Webster ]

They were suffered to pillage wherever they went. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. piller to plunder. See Pill to plunder. ] 1. The act of pillaging; robbery. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is taken from another or others by open force, particularly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder; spoil; booty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which pillage they with merry march bring home. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Plunder; rapine; spoil; depredation. -- 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. [ 1913 Webster ]