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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
Synonyms
Examples for "
raider
"
raider
spoiler
freebooter
plunderer
despoiler
Examples for "
raider
"
1
However, he succeeded only in driving the
raider
back into the valley.
2
At that moment, yet another
raider
bore down on her, guns blazing.
3
A brief battle ends with the destruction of a Cylon heavy
raider
.
4
Another
raider
exploded under Lee's expert fire, leaving only the nuke
raider
.
5
Never seen a rebel or a
raider
till I got to town.
1
But the weak U.S. economy could still be a
spoiler
next year.
2
They soon quiet down; and the
spoiler
begins to notice her surroundings.
3
It's hard to go into more detail without venturing into
spoiler
territory.
4
The radio call from the first uniforms on-scene had carried a
spoiler
.
5
Be thou a covert to them from the face of the
spoiler
.
1
Yes, I do chance to share a name with the legendary
freebooter
.
2
Picot in the hunting-room telling me of Blood, the
freebooter
and swordsman.
3
In the section which deals with the
freebooter
life of David, chaps.
4
Not that he dreads treachery on the part of his fellow
freebooter
.
5
No more
freebooter
's
life for you; no more blood, no more fire.
1
And being within the Union lines no
plunderer
had dared to touch it.
2
I thought some
plunderer
was within and entered, to find you.
3
Sigge was a very successful
plunderer
,
and, his success rather turned his head.
4
Wessex scarcely tempts the
plunderer
now; neither does East Anglia.
5
Would Antonius have been a guardian of the city, or its
plunderer
and destroyer?
1
He was the
despoiler
of the rich, the destroyer of the poor.
2
He would feel like the
despoiler
of the widow and the orphan.
3
He was a thief, and a
despoiler
of the widow and orphan.
4
This is the only
despoiler
that I know it to possess.
5
Perchance he will undo the wrongs of this Bartlett, the
despoiler
.
1
One of them could be seen pummeling a
looter
with an unknown object.
2
It's barely possible some
looter
may be prowling in the house.
3
Can you be an activist and
looter
at the same time?
4
The
looter
goes in for himself alone without considerin' his organization or his city.
5
Paradoxically, it is easier at the moment to contact an unconvicted
looter
than a judge.
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"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
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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