pillager

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pillager
Noun
  • Since the 1990s, the corporate raider has owned a beachfront home off Lily Pond Lane, one of the most expensive streets in East Hampton.
    Andrew Rice, Curbed, 26 June 2025
  • The area had long been a refuge for the Nuba, many of whom are descendants of people who were pushed out of other parts of Sudan by Arab raiders.
    Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • The movies, by contrast, were still being made in Hollywood by marauders and lunatics.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Porch pirates Mail theft in Virginia will soon be a Class 6 felony, which means people caught stealing mail or packages can be punished by imprisonment for one to five years and/or a fine of up to $2,500.
    Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 22 June 2025
  • Over the centuries, Spanish conquistadors brought horses whose descendants now roam wild; the pirate Blackbeard fought his final sea battle near Ocracoke Island in the south; and the Wright Brothers took their first successful flight.
    Kate Lewis, New York Times, 19 June 2025
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“Pillager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pillager. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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