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pillage

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  1. spoil                  2. ravage                
 
1. pil.lage \'pil-ij\ n [ME, fr. MF, fr. piller to plunder, fr. peille rag, 
   fr. L pilleu]m, pilleus felt cap - more at PILE 1: the act of looting or 
   plundering esp. in war  archaic  2: something taken as booty 
2. pillage vt : LOOT, SACK to take booty : PLUNDER  - pil.lag.er n