pillaging
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- the act of stealing valuable things from a place“the plundering of the Parthenon”“his plundering of the great authors”Synonyms: plunderingpillage
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Pillage \Pil"lage\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pillaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Pillaging.] To strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; to spoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy. [1913 Webster]
Mummius . . . took, pillaged, and burnt their city. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]