France began to pillage Algeria in 1830.
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Pillage
//ˈpɪl.ɪd͡ʒ//
Synonyms for "pillage" (168 found)
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Closest matches (34)
Strong matches (50)
Related words (84)
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4 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesderived
3 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
118 translations across 37 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- συλάω verb (loot or plunder by force)
Arabic
1 entries- غَزَاوَة noun (the act of pillaging)
Bulgarian
4 entries- грабеж noun (the act of pillaging)
- плячка noun (the spoils of war)
- плячкосване noun (the act of pillaging)
- ограбвам verb (loot or plunder by force)
Catalan
3 entries- pillatge noun (the act of pillaging)
- saqueig noun (the act of pillaging)
- saquejar verb (loot or plunder by force)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 掠奪 /掠夺 verb (loot or plunder by force)
Czech
4 entries- drancování noun (the act of pillaging)
- plenění noun (the act of pillaging)
- drancovat verb (loot or plunder by force)
- plenit verb (loot or plunder by force)
Danish
1 entries- plyndre verb (loot or plunder by force)
Dutch
3 entries- oorlogsbuiit noun (the spoils of war)
- plundering noun (the act of pillaging)
- plunderen verb (loot or plunder by force)
Estonian
2 entries- rüüstamine noun (the act of pillaging)
- rüüstama verb (loot or plunder by force)
Finnish
4 entries- ryöstäminen noun (the act of pillaging)
- ryöväys noun (the act of pillaging)
- sotasaalis noun (the spoils of war)
- hävittää verb (loot or plunder by force)
French
3 entries- pillage noun (the spoils of war)
- pillage noun (the act of pillaging)
- piller verb (loot or plunder by force)
Galician
4 entries- botín noun (the spoils of war)
- pillaxe noun (the act of pillaging)
- prea noun (the spoils of war)
- roubo noun (the act of pillaging)
German
2 entries- Plünderung noun (the act of pillaging)
- plündern verb (loot or plunder by force)
Greek
4 entries- διαγούμισμα noun (the act of pillaging)
- κούρσεμα noun (the act of pillaging)
- λάφυρα noun (the spoils of war)
- λεηλασία noun (the act of pillaging)
Hebrew
3 entries- ביזה noun (the act of pillaging)
- שלל noun (the spoils of war)
- שדד verb (loot or plunder by force)
Icelandic
2 entries- rupla verb (loot or plunder by force)
- ræna verb (loot or plunder by force)
Indonesian
1 entries- menjarah verb (loot or plunder by force)
Irish
4 entries- slad noun (the spoils of war)
- slad noun (the act of pillaging)
- sladaireacht noun (the act of pillaging)
- sladaíocht noun (the act of pillaging)
Italian
3 entries- bottino noun (the spoils of war)
- saccheggio noun (the act of pillaging)
- saccheggiare verb (loot or plunder by force)
Japanese
3 entries- 略奪 noun (the act of pillaging)
- 略奪品 noun (the spoils of war)
- 略奪する verb (loot or plunder by force)
Korean
3 entries- 약탈 noun (the act of pillaging)
- 전리품 noun (the spoils of war)
- 약탈하다 verb (loot or plunder by force)
Latin
4 entries- praedes noun (the spoils of war)
- rapīna noun (the act of pillaging)
- expīlō verb (loot or plunder by force)
- populor verb (loot or plunder by force)
Latvian
2 entries- sirojums noun (the act of pillaging)
- sirot verb (loot or plunder by force)
Māori
4 entries- parakete noun (the spoils of war)
- pāhua verb (loot or plunder by force)
- pāhuahua verb (loot or plunder by force)
- pāhue verb (loot or plunder by force)
Norwegian
1 entries- plyndre verb (loot or plunder by force)
Occitan
1 entries- saquejar verb (loot or plunder by force)
Old English
1 entries- strūdan verb (loot or plunder by force)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- تاراج noun (the act of pillaging)
- صویغون noun (the act of pillaging)
- چاپول noun (the act of pillaging)
- چاپوللامق verb (loot or plunder by force)
Polish
1 entries- plądrować verb (loot or plunder by force)
Portuguese
4 entries- butim noun (the spoils of war)
- pilhagem noun (the act of pillaging)
- saque noun (the spoils of war)
- saque noun (the act of pillaging)
Romanian
1 entries- prăda verb (loot or plunder by force)
Russian
4 entries- грабёж noun (the act of pillaging)
- добы́ча noun (the spoils of war)
- награ́бленное добро́ noun (the spoils of war)
- разбо́й noun (the act of pillaging)
Spanish
4 entries- despojo noun (the spoils of war)
- expoliación noun (the act of pillaging)
- expolio noun (the spoils of war)
- pillaje noun (the act of pillaging)
Swedish
2 entries- plundring noun (the act of pillaging)
- plundra verb (loot or plunder by force)
Turkish
3 entries- talan verb (loot or plunder by force)
- yağma verb (loot or plunder by force)
- çapulculuk verb (loot or plunder by force)
Walloon
4 entries- branscataedje noun (the spoils of war)
- branscataedje noun (the act of pillaging)
- piyaedje noun (the spoils of war)
- piyaedje noun (the act of pillaging)
Welsh
1 entries- diffeithio verb (loot or plunder by force)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
1911, Sabine Baring-Gould, Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe, Chapter VI: Cliff Castles—Continued, Archibald V. (1361-1397) was Count of Perigord. He was nominally under the lilies [France], but he pillaged indiscriminately in his county.
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Which pillage they with merry march bring home.
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An employee at a brewery in Kinshasa rated the aftermath as more catastrophic to the company than the direct violence: It was more the consequences of the pillages that hit Bracongo – the poverty of the people, our friends who buy beer.
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