Pillage



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. / v. 抢劫, 掠夺
• ［英］ n. / v. 抢劫, 掠夺 ( looting; plundering; ravage)
• ［记］ 来自pill ( 抢劫) +age

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English pilage, from Anglo-French, from piler to rob, plunder
• Date: 14th century
• 1. the act of looting or plundering especially in war
• 2. something taken as booty

II. verb (~d; pillaging)

• Date: circa 1592
• transitive verb
  • to plunder ruthlessly ; loot
• intransitive verb
  • to take booty
• Synonyms: see ravage
• ? ~r noun

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