| pillage | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. booty, dirty money, loot, pillage, plunder, prize, swag | goods or money obtained illegally. |
| ~ stolen property | property that has been stolen. |
| ~ cut | a share of the profits.; "everyone got a cut of the earnings" |
| n. (act) | 2. pillage, pillaging, plundering | the act of stealing valuable things from a place.; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors" |
| ~ aggression, hostility | violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked. |
| ~ banditry | the practice of plundering in gangs. |
| ~ rapine, rape | the act of despoiling a country in warfare. |
| ~ looting, robbery | plundering during riots or in wartime. |
| ~ despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoilation, spoliation, spoil | the act of stripping and taking by force. |
| ~ ravaging, devastation | plundering with excessive damage and destruction. |
| ~ depredation, predation | an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding. |
| ~ sack | the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter.; "the sack of Rome" |
| v. (possession) | 3. despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip | steal goods; take as spoils.; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" |
| ~ take | take by force.; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill" |
| ~ deplume, displume | strip of honors, possessions, or attributes. |
| robbery | | |
| n. (act) | 1. robbery | larceny by threat of violence. |
| ~ larceny, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving | the act of taking something from someone unlawfully.; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International" |
| ~ armed robbery, holdup, stickup, heist | robbery at gunpoint. |
| ~ caper, job | a crime (especially a robbery).; "the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis" |
| ~ dacoity, dakoity | robbery by a gang of armed dacoits. |
| ~ heist, rip-off | the act of stealing. |
| ~ highjacking, hijacking | robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force. |
| ~ highway robbery | robbery of travellers on or near a public road. |
| ~ rolling | the act of robbing a helpless person.; "he was charged with rolling drunks in the park" |
| n. (act) | 2. looting, robbery | plundering during riots or in wartime. |
| ~ pillaging, plundering, pillage | the act of stealing valuable things from a place.; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors" |
| pillage | | |
| stick up | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. hold up, stick up | rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat. |
| ~ crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence | (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act.; "a long record of crimes" |
| ~ assail, assault, set on, attack | attack someone physically or emotionally.; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly" |
| ~ mug | rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence.; "I was mugged in the streets of New York last night" |
| ~ rob | take something away by force or without the consent of the owner.; "The burglars robbed him of all his money" |
| v. (communication) | 2. stand up, stick up | defend against attack or criticism.; "He stood up for his friend"; "She stuck up for the teacher who was accused of harassing the student" |
| ~ defend, fend for, support | argue or speak in defense of.; "She supported the motion to strike" |
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