Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pillager
Noun
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Developed by Raytheon Technologies, it's designed to launch from not only the B-52, but the new B-21 raider bomber.—
David Szondy
June 12,
New Atlas,
12 June 2025 -
Set some 1,500 years ago, the drama revolves around a disgraced warrior who redeems himself by defending the holy city of Mecca from foreign raiders.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
11 June 2025
Noun
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Since the Saya de Malha Bank has been known to entice pirates and other sea marauders, Landi also planned to mount a Gatling gun on the Aisland.—
Ian Urbina,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Food was short, and if the marauders weren’t stopped, the entire population would starve.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Lion has defected from the Wakandan guard in order to run a band of pirates, and has stolen technology from Wakanda in order to found his own kingdom.—
Kambole Campbell,
Variety,
9 June 2025
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And for Trump’s onetime pirate ship of a political movement, Butterworth’s represents an ostentatious new evolutionary phase: the deplorable as arriviste.—
Robert Draper,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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“Pillager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pillager. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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