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To loot or plunder by force

To steal or pilfer, especially by plundering or raiding

To ravage or devastate a place or land by plundering it

To confront through the use of military force

To impoverish or financially ruin

The action of pillaging a place or property, especially in war

That which has been obtained or gained by pillaging

A person who is a target or victim of nefarious acts or abuse

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Verb

To loot or plunder by force

moonlight requisition

force entry into

force an entry into

break and enter

help oneself to

take for oneself

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“Pillage the village! Stomp on the farms with your boots! Pillage! Pillage! Pillage the village! Eat all the horses and steal all the loot!”

Verb

To steal or pilfer, especially by plundering or raiding

take possession of

help oneself to

have one's fingers in the till

take for oneself

have sticky fingers

use without asking

be light-fingered

hold for ransom

treat without respect

gain possession of

deprive of property

put hand in cookie jar

commit white-collar crime

have one's hand in the till

line one's purse with

line one's pockets with

dip into the public purse

defraud someone of

possess oneself of

moonlight requisition

get your hands on

take as hostage

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“Since the natives could not afford to trade on such monopolistic terms, they began to pillage goods from the warehouses of the Royal Niger Company.”

Verb

To ravage or devastate a place or land by plundering it

raze to the ground

wipe off the map

treat sacrilegiously

commit sacrilege

treat with disrespect

blaspheme against

commit sacrilege against

put the kibosh on

bring to naught

play havoc with

be detrimental to

play merry hell with

render ineffective

reduce to nothing

cause detriment to

throw a spanner in the works

throw a monkey wrench in the works of

put out of commission

damage beyond repair

reduce to rubble

bring to an end

be prejudicial to

be disadvantageous to

bring about the downfall of

be deleterious to

make of no use or value

put the skids under

be the ruination of

seal the doom of

throw a monkey wrench into

put out of action

run onto the rocks

drive a nail into the coffin of

bring to nothing

wreak havoc upon

bring someone to their knees

rain on someone's parade

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“Neither then, as they are Greeks, will they pillage the lands, or burn the houses of Greeks.”

Verb

To confront through the use of military force

begin hostilities

begin an assault

take the offensive

make inroads on

launch an attack on

launch oneself at

make an assault on

attempt to capture

make an onslaught on

take control of

launch an attack

take possession of

make a foray on

conduct an offensive on

make a sortie on

swoop down upon

make an assault

let someone have it

arrive in hordes

gain control of

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Verb

To impoverish or financially ruin

reduce to beggary

cripple financially

reduce to penury

reduce to destitution

bring someone to their knees

cause to go bankrupt

reduce to poverty

reduce to nothing

go into Chapter 11

become insolvent

financially destroy

make somebody broke

make somebody skint

bring to naught

reduce to rubble

bring to nothing

wreak havoc upon

put the kibosh on

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Noun

The action of pillaging a place or property, especially in war

misappropriation

acts of destruction

breaking and entering

purse-snatching

smash-and-grab raid

unauthorized removal

five-finger discount

white-collar crime

monkey business

misuse of funds

second-story work

aggravated burglary

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“His tenure at the Ministry of the Navy was a complete failure and he presided over the cultural pillage of Italy and Egypt.”

Noun

That which has been obtained or gained by pillaging

ill-gotten gains

something stolen

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“Petrucci, for his part, thought that the assembled ships would sail for the coast of Africa in the hope of lucrative pillage.”

Noun

A person who is a target or victim of nefarious acts or abuse

target of derision

everybody's fool

babe in the woods

gullible person

glutton for punishment

lamb to the slaughter

object of derision

target of jokes

everybody's target

object of ridicule

source of amusement

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