pillager

Definition of pillagernext

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Noun
  • The robber then fled on foot each time.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 28 June 2026
  • The Fort Worth Police Department has put out a public assistance request to find victims of a robber who is believed to have stolen more than 10 phones since early June.
    Mary Ella Hastings June 25, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • Corporate raiders became the enforcers.
    Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • For decades, tomb raiders have pillaged sites across the country, selling them on the black market.
    Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • This Robin is a grizzled marauder who can’t even remember how many people he’s killed.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 June 2026
  • No child, or reader of Robert Louis Stevenson, can deny the allure of pirates, but the marauders are rarely the good guys in the story.
    David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • Kara’s after Krem, too, after the space pirate poisons Krypto the Superdog and has the antidote to save him.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • As a pirate assassin and post-apocalyptic warrior, Krem of the Yellow Hills connects with Aries.
    Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
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“Pillager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pillager. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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