as in plundering
to search through with the intent of committing robbery
soldiers pillaging the countryside for anything of value
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Recent Examples of pillaging
Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
Amid the pillaging of homes, Roman magistrates were likely sent to the city to prevent an anarchic type of existence, based on ancient literary sources the authors referenced in the study.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pillaging
Verb
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While plundering a dungeon lair and stealing artifacts from a museum both have heist elements to them, Skullduggery looks into the other intrigues of adventures in urban environments.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The store released a black-and-white video showing the thieves, which appears to be at least four suspects, plundering the business.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
8 Aug. 2025
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That incident unleashed rioting and looting, with the homes of political leaders—including that of the finance minister—attacked and government offices burned.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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Local media reported isolated looting in Jakarta and damage to several transportation facilities in Jakarta on Friday, as well as demonstrations in the major cities of Bandung and Yogyakarta.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
30 Aug. 2025
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They were ambushed, and Pauline was killed by stray gunfire from marauding mobsters hell-bent on killing Buford.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
The Tennessean,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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He was booked into Thurston County Jail on suspicion of robbery and aggravated battery, police said.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Sep. 2025
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But Tober says Zarutska’s death is less the fault of CATS fare enforcement than of the courts that let the suspect walk free despite an extensive record of mental health challenges and criminal charges, including charges for robbery with a dangerous weapon and communicating threats.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Giants largely held Jayden Daniels in check, particularly after halftime, while sacking him 3 times.—
Howard Megdal,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Micah Parsons #1 of the Green Bay Packers reacts after sacking Jared Goff #16 of the Detroit Lions during the fourth quarter at Lambeau Field on September 07, 2025 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Prediction market odds of Israel raiding a Gaza aid flotilla carrying climate activist Greta Thunberg are rising, jumping from less than 1 percent at the start of the month to nearly 80 percent by September 30, according to Polymarket.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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Private equity firms have long cultivated a reputation for raiding Wall Street’s analyst pool, to the point where investment banks had to establish stronger boundaries recently.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The pack consists of up to 15 wolves of various ages roaming federal public land near an active cattle grazing allotment, where many of the depredation incidents took place, according the memo.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Researchers looked at wolf abundance, the number killed in wolf hunting and by government removals, and livestock depredation in those states from 2005 to 2001, and found that the amount of livestock saved by killing a single wolf, roughly equaled 7% of a single cow.—
Nathan Rott,
NPR,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Reparations, long proposed as the only measure proportionate to the scale of racial plunder, look increasingly like a political, economic, and legal non-starter.—
Idrees Kahloon,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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Well, there’s this band of down-on-their-luck pirates, see, drawn to the scent of plunder and rousing dance numbers, coming together in another Citadel outdoor summer extravaganza full of music and fun for the whole family, according to the Citadel website.—
Gina Grillo,
Chicago Tribune,
21 July 2025
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“Pillaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pillaging. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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