If a group of people pillage a place, they steal property from it using violent methods. Soldiers went on a rampage, pillaging stores and shooting. the boldness to pillage and rape. = plunder Pillage is also a noun. There were no signs of violence or pillage. + pillaging pil·lag·ing pillaging by people looking for something to eat. if soldiers pillage a place in a war, they steal a lot of things and do a lot of damage = plunder (piller )
That which is taken from another or others by open force, particularly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder; spoil; booty