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pillaging

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verb

present participle of pillage
as in plundering
to search through with the intent of committing robbery soldiers pillaging the countryside for anything of value

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pillaging
Noun
  • Also Thursday, Oklahoma conducted that state's first execution of the year, putting to death an Arkansan for a random home-invasion robbery that left a woman dead.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • His previous felony convictions for robbery and carjacking prohibited him from possessing firearms.
    Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Dallas sacking Washington’s quarterbacks six times — Daniels four times — on Sunday upped the Commanders’ allowed sacks total to 22 over the last five games.
    Ben Standig, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Dallas sacking Washington’s quarterbacks six times — Daniels four times — on Sunday upped the Commanders’ allowed sacks total to 22 over the last five games.
    Ben Standig, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • While in Africa, Suchet visits Kimberley, the site of diamond mines (and where Rhodes founded the De Beers diamond company), and the plunder and extraction are so clear.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The revisionists aim to create an environment primed for expansion and plunder.
    HAL BRANDS, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Pillaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pillaging. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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