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The autumn wind is a pirate. Blustering in from sea with a rollicking song he sweeps along swaggering boisterously. His face is weather beaten, he wears a hooded sash with a silver hat about his head... The autumn wind is a Raider, pillaging just for fun.
Steve Sabol

Meaning of "pillaging" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PILLAGING

pillaging  [ˈpɪlɪdʒɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PILLAGING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pillaging is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PILLAGING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pillaging

Looting

Looting, also referred to as sacking, plundering, despoiling, despoliation, and pillaging, is the indiscriminate taking of goods by force as part of a military or political victory, or during a catastrophe, such as war, natural disaster, or rioting. The term is also used in a broader sense to describe egregious instances of theft and embezzlement, such as the "plundering" of private or public assets by corrupt or greedy authorities. Looting is loosely distinguished from scavenging in terms of objects taken: scavenging implies taking of essential items such as food, water, shelter, or other material needed for survival while looting implies items of luxury or not necessary for survival such as art work, precious metals or other valuables. The proceeds of all these activities can be described as loot, plunder, spoils, or pillage.

Definition of pillaging in the English dictionary

The definition of pillaging in the dictionary is the act of robbing a town, village, etc of booty or spoils, esp during a war.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PILLAGING


ageing
ˈeɪdʒɪŋ
aging
ˈeɪdʒɪŋ
bridging
ˈbrɪdʒɪŋ
cottaging
ˈkɒtɪdʒɪŋ
damaging
ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ
discouraging
dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ
disobliging
ˌdɪsəˈblaɪdʒɪŋ
disparaging
dɪˈspærɪdʒɪŋ
encouraging
ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ
engaging
ɪnˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ
haemorrhaging
ˈhemərɪdʒɪŋ
imaging
ˈɪmɪdʒɪŋ
managing
ˈmænɪdʒɪŋ
messaging
ˈmɛsɪdʒɪŋ
obliging
əˈblaɪdʒɪŋ
packaging
ˈpækɪdʒɪŋ
paging
ˈpeɪdʒɪŋ
raging
ˈreɪdʒɪŋ
staging
ˈsteɪdʒɪŋ
vintaging
ˈvɪntɪdʒɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PILLAGING

pill
pill beetle
pill bottle
pill bug
pill popper
pillage
pillager
pillar
pillar box
pillar-box
pillared
pillarist
pillarless
Pillars of Hercules
pillbox
pilled
pillhead
pillicock
pillie
pillion

WORDS THAT END LIKE PILLAGING

blogging
bordraging
challenging
changing
document imaging
emerging
garaging
ging
hanging
instant messaging
lodging
magnetic resonance imaging
picture messaging
pound cost averaging
radiopaging
singing
text messaging
thermal imaging
unencouraging
voyaging

Synonyms and antonyms of pillaging in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PILLAGING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pillaging» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of pillaging

Translation of «pillaging» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PILLAGING

Find out the translation of pillaging to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pillaging from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pillaging» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

抢劫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

saqueo
570 millions of speakers

English

pillaging
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लूटने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النهب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мародерство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pilhagem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যেই উৎপাত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pillage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penggeledahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Plünderungen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

略奪
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

약탈
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngrampog
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cướp bóc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொள்ளையடிப்புகளும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लूटमार करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yağma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

saccheggio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

grabieże
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мародерство
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

jafuri
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λεηλασίες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

plundering
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

plundring
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

plyndring
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pillaging

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PILLAGING»

The term «pillaging» is regularly used and occupies the 106.988 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PILLAGING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pillaging

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2 QUOTES WITH «PILLAGING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pillaging.
1
Steve Sabol
The autumn wind is a pirate. Blustering in from sea with a rollicking song he sweeps along swaggering boisterously. His face is weather beaten, he wears a hooded sash with a silver hat about his head... The autumn wind is a Raider, pillaging just for fun.
2
Richard Schiff
I imagine an America that can actually change. That we become a nation that prospers again but without pillaging the resources of nations that make their people hate us. That we become a nation that, as the constitution says in its preamble, its very first paragraph, 'promotes the general welfare' of its people.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PILLAGING»

Discover the use of pillaging in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pillaging and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pillaging Cambodia: The Illicit Traffic in Khmer Art
The illicit traffic of art is an important problem that affects modern life all over the world. This work addresses the issue using the showcase of Cambodia, where looters systematically destroy cultural heritage.
Masha Lafont, 2004
2
Pillaging Elinor's Castle [Elinor's Stronghold 1]
Berengaria Brown. I offend you, lord, but it was a fair fight, and won truly by Lord Jeffrey and his men. It was a miscalculation on his part not to douse the fire before it damaged so much of the stored food though.” Lord Devon looked him in the ...
Berengaria Brown
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Pillaging: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Familiar Quotations PillagingShow me one instance where popular institutions have violated the rights of property, and I will show you a hundred, nay a thousand instances, where the people have been pillaged by the greedy cupidity of a ...
‎2008
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Telegraphic Code, to Ensure Secresy in the Transmission of ...
Word to be No. in Minus TransRepresenting in Vocabulary. transmitted. Vocabulary. 22313 5555- posed. The 16758 16587 Pillaging Queen 18095 I2540 12405 jackass is 12370 06815 06158 darn the 22313 16758 16587 pillaging supreme ...
Robert Slater, 1870
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Raiding Saint Peter: Empty Sees, Violence, and the ...
CHAPTER FOUR LOOTING THE EMPTY SEE: THE GREAT WESTERN SCHISM As previously discussed, two authors have hinted at the pivotal situation of the Great Western Schism in the history of the electoral pillaging. Lucius Lector, in his  ...
Joëlle Rollo-Koster, 2008
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Elinor's Stronghold: Pillaging Elinor's Castle; Defending ...
Everyone in the stronghold is living on a knife edge. Alistair and Lord Devon focus on Rhyannon. They'll love her and protect her-and each other as well. Note: This book contains double vaginal penetration. ** A Siren Erotic Romance
Berengaria Brown, 2012
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The Book of Pirates: A Guide to Plundering, Pillaging and ...
Briefly introduces pirates throughout history, and discusses notable individuals, pirate ships and tactics, piracy in the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and Asia, and pirates as they appear in popular culture.
Jamaica Rose, Michael MacLeod, 2010
8
An Introduction to the International Criminal Court
Vincent Otti was charged with murder (Art. 8(2)(c)(i)), cruel treatment of civilians ( Art. 8(2)(c)(i)), intentionally directing an attack against a civilian population (Art. 8( 2)(e)(i)), pillaging (Art. 8(2)(e)(v)) and the forced enlisting of children (Art.
William A. Schabas, 2011
9
Fools' Plays: A Study of Satire in the Sottie
Thus it was the knight who was largely responsible for the widespread pillaging. The greatest lords of France, the most famous knights of the day, were the leaders of these bands, torturing and robbing their own countrymen.91 The captain of ...
Heather Arden, 1980
10
The Mandate of Heaven and The Great Ming Code (Asian Law Series)
Article 229 of the Code specifically forbids pillaging by Chinese troops: 1. In all cases where generals who guard the frontiers, without receiving commands, privately order troops to capture people or seize property beyond the borders, they ...
Yonglin Jiang, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PILLAGING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pillaging is used in the context of the following news items.
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It's Not Climate Change — It's Everything Change
They'd attack the barricaded houses, raping, pillaging and murdering. But soon even they would run out of stolen food. It wouldn't take long ... «Matter, Jul 15»
2
Remains of 3000 of Napoleon's soldiers found in mass grave show …
About 675,000 men of Napoleon's Grand Army set out for Moscow to conquer Russia in June 1812, looting and pillaging along the way. By the ... «Ancient Origins, Jul 15»
3
ATO hiring policy OK, between consenting adults
"But improving the ATO's capabilities should come from investment in training and development, not the wholesale pillaging of the ATO's most ... «The Canberra Times, Jul 15»
4
Dragon Ball Super : "To the promised vacation! Vegeta goes on a …
He is off around the galaxy pillaging worlds for their food and destroying them in his clear fashion. He then begins to go on about a legendary ... «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»
5
'Friendly abduction' of dignitary to highlight Michigan Pirate Festival
The "pillaging and plundering" begins at the library at 9 a.m. on Aug. 3. Children are invited to pick up a treasure map from the chest located at ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
6
Analysis: Syria's war between anti-Israel forces leaves Jerusalem …
... through the callousness and cruelty of their public executions, massacres, raping, pillaging and devastation of archaeological treasures. «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
7
Gang-gang. Biting satire, nibbling satire
Several of the nursery's bigger potted pines seemed priced beyond the reach of all but the expenses-pillaging Bronwyn Bishop parliamentary ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
8
Sunset Royal has registered 26 nests with almost 2500 sea turtle eggs
... prevent hatchlings accidentally walking off or their natural predators like seagulls or iguanas from coming in or possible pillaging by humans. «7thSpace Interactive, Jul 15»
9
Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis
Washington wants to continue exploiting its Caribbean colony for profit – raping and pillaging it at the public's expense, much like what's ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
10
Caracol's Own Conservation Post Opened
"It is hope that we placed more infrastructure and presence in this area that louting, pillaging and exploitation of national forest and heritage will ... «Channel 7 Daily News, Jul 15»

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