What is pilfered is usually stolen stealthily—furtively, so that no one will notice—in small amounts and often again and again. One might, for example, pilfer cookies from a cookie jar until a plentiful supply …

To pillage is a term of war that means to take everything of value from a place that you've conquered, but these days, pillage can be used to talk about anyone who takes what's not theirs.

PILLAGE definition: to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder. See examples of pillage used in a sentence.

PILLAGED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of pillage 2. to steal something from a place or a person by…. Learn more.

Definition of pillage verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder The barbarians pillaged every conquered city

pil•lage /ˈpɪlɪdʒ/ v., -laged, -lag•ing, n. v. to steal goods by open violence and force, as in war; plunder: [no object] The invaders raped and pillaged as they went. [~ + object] The invaders pillaged several …

To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder. To take as booty or loot. To engage in plunder; take loot. The act of plundering. That which is plundered; booty; loot. Something pillaged; …

The town suffered pillage and destruction. The museum's artwork was stolen by pillagers.

To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder. 2. To take as spoils. To take spoils by force. n. 1. The act of pillaging. 2. Something pillaged; spoils.