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Meanings of
pillager
in English
Portuguese
assaltante
Catalan
saquejador
Back to the meaning
Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
raider
spoiler
freebooter
plunderer
despoiler
looter
Portuguese
assaltante
Usage of
pillager
in English
1
The Crown Prince has been pictured as a libertine and a
pillager
.
2
Is she a poacher, a
pillager
of other's property, or a genuine huntress?
3
The German soldier is not an incendiary nor
pillager
.
4
Is China a
pillager
or an enabler?
5
But go thou to the temple of Minerva the
pillager
,
with victims, having assembled the matrons of distinction.
6
I am no rapist, no
pillager
.
7
The unknown
pillager
was only a comparatively few feet away, so that it was easy for him to see the weapon covered him.
8
The old man staggered only a moment from the tripping that the wrench gave him, but in that instant of hesitation the
pillager
vanished.
9
You are the Eletto of Aalst, the
pillager
of cities, and this cannot be swept aside as easily as the dust from the floor.
10
The
pillagers
afoot stepped aside to let the
pillagers
in carriages pass.
11
What the fire and shells of the enemy spared, their
pillagers
destroyed.
12
Those gentlemen
pillagers
of stage coaches pique themselves on their great delicacy.
13
They are
pillagers
,
belonging to another band, and they may be troublesome.
14
One-half of the
pillagers
fell on the stony beach, the other half fled.
15
At that time the prisoners denied their identity with the
pillagers
of the diligences.
16
Some
pillagers
,
who acknowledge no control, had accompanied the Chippeways.
Other examples for "pillager"
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About this term
pillager
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
distinguished pillager
unknown pillager
Translations for
pillager
Portuguese
assaltante
Catalan
saquejador
assaltant
Pillager
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