(isim) soygun, yağma, soygunculuk, talan, yağmacılık, ganimet

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Definition of (isim) soygun, yağma, soygunculuk, talan, yağmacılık, ganimet in Turkish English dictionary

pillage

The act of pillaging

{v} to plunder, rifle, rob

{n} plunder

open robbery, as in war

the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"

{i} plundering, taking of spoils, looting

goods or money obtained illegally

to carry off the spoils

The act of pillaging; robbery

To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage

steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

the spoils of war

To strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; to spoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy

to loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war

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

{f} loot, take spoils, plunder; rob, steal

Hyphenation

(i·sim) soy·gun, yağ·ma, soy·gun·cu·luk, ta·lan, yağ·ma·cı·lık, ga·ni·met