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Recent Examples of pillage
K. Lloyd Billingsley, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
In my youth, people who needed a geopolitical enemy looked for foes closer to home: US imperialism, capitalist pillage.
—Laura Kipnis, WIRED, 5 Dec. 2023
Michael Knights, Foreign Affairs, 11 Mar. 2025
In December, gangs pillaged and set fire to the Bernard Mevs Hospital, one of the few critical-care facilities in the country.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2025
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Noun
As fans should know, the state’s pillage people have other means of extraction.
—K. Lloyd Billingsley, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
In my youth, people who needed a geopolitical enemy looked for foes closer to home: US imperialism, capitalist pillage.
—Laura Kipnis, WIRED, 5 Dec. 2023
Verb
For centuries, the East India Company, a commercial and military organization, pillaged the riches of India to fund the British Empire and the company’s own expansion.
—Michael Knights, Foreign Affairs, 11 Mar. 2025
In December, gangs pillaged and set fire to the Bernard Mevs Hospital, one of the few critical-care facilities in the country.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pillage
Noun
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Last month, in another headline-grabbing food plunder, 100,000 organic eggs were taken from a distribution trailer in Pennsylvania.—
Adeel Hassan,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Such tactics included the extraordinary plunder and destruction of the Hundred Years’ War and the fire bombings of cities in World War II.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In 2015, the death of Gray in police custody triggered a series of demonstrations that grew and intensified, culminating in unrest on the day of his funeral in which buildings and cars were torched, shopkeepers beaten, and stores and pharmacies looted.—
Jean Marbella,
Baltimore Sun,
14 June 2025
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Stores along Division Street were looted and set on fire.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2025
Verb
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The Vandals sacked Rome in 455 — after Pope Leo cut a deal to prevent the city from being burned to the ground.—
Bill Speros,
Boston Herald,
12 June 2025
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Tudor had been appointed as the club’s caretaker manager after Thiago Motta was sacked in March following two heavy defeats against Fiorentina and Atalanta.—
Emmet Gates,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
Verb
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Anderson prefers to characterize Loewe as a cultural brand rather than a luxury one, finding the latter term despoiled.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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Growth in Africa must be clean, both in terms of generating energy and not despoiling the continent’s landscape and natural resources.—
Jack A. Goldstone,
Foreign Affairs,
18 May 2023
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“Pillage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pillage. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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