pillaging

Definitions of pillaging

1. noun

   the act of stealing valuable things from a place
   synonyms: pillage, plundering

   types:

   banditry

   the practice of plundering in gangs

   rape, rapine

   the act of despoiling a country in warfare

   looting, robbery

   plundering during riots or in wartime

   despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoil, spoilation, spoliation

   the act of stripping and taking by force

   devastation, ravaging

   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

   type of:

   aggression, hostility

   violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked