pillage: Meaning and Definition of

pil•lage

1. to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
2. to take as booty.

1. to rob with open violence; take booty: Soldiers roamed the countryside, pillaging and killing.

1. the act of plundering, esp. in war.
2. booty or spoil.