Meanings of general pillage in English

The capture of that city was followed by a general pillage.

This building was attacked in the general pillage.

And so Andree alone remained at home, impeding by her presence the great general pillage that Celeste dreamt of.

The natives from the interior, hearing of the circumstance, hastened down in vast numbers to participate in the general pillage.

There was no general pillage, the insurgents contenting themselves with breaking the statues of kings and other signs of royalty.

A general pillage followed.

They came upon it unobserved, and breaking in, massacred the people and the guards; then ensued a general pillage, and a conflagration.

With regard to the general pillage of the country instead of direct taxation, the governor would explain his conduct to the Khedive.

The Greek ached a good deal at the general pillage, and Cressida's conciliatory methods with her family made him sarcastic and spiteful.

The mob of camp-followers, deaf to discipline, forced open the gates, and general pillage had commenced when the emperor's order was modified.

Judging from its appearance that it had escaped the general pillage, I took the pathway which branched away to it from the high-road.

The Turkish guards were speedily on the spot, but these could do nothing beyond trying to prevent the rabble from commencing a general pillage.

Sutlers and speculators went to Moscow to take advantage of the general pillage, to procure luxuries, like coffee, sugar, tea, wine, delicacies of all description.