pillage in the PONS Dictionary

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He had just completed a pillage of local monasteries to raise money to pay his mercenaries.
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Many indulge in acts of random or spiteful violence, pillage and banditry.
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The prospect of significant income from pillage, and ransoming prisoners was also important.
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Reprisals took many forms, including pillage, arson and assassination.
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Etymologists frequently trace the word to writers referring to one who set about to raid and pillage.
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The imperial city was plundered and its unhappy people again subjected to pillage.
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But it must be acknowledged that they are generally unaccompanied with the effusion of blood, and are confined to pillage alone.
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There were numerous incidents of pillage and extortion across the whole county.
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During the pillage most of the city's inhabitants simply fled to the countryside.
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A tribe with a city may attempt to conquer (never pillage) a nearby city through similar means.
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