0 to steal something from a place or a person by using violence, especially during war:
1 the act of stealing something from a place or a person by using violence, especially during war:
They have survived a thousand years of floods, droughts, wars, pillage, and destruction.
Several acts of intentional pillage, destruction, and burning were attributed to the parties in conflict.
2 to steal something from a place or a person by using violence, esp. during war:
He has given details of the cultural pillage of the country during and after the war.
It wasn't long before pillage, disease, and forced labour wiped them out.
It is the best-known example of pillage and mass murder because it is the one most often pictured on television.
