pillage

  • 31Pillage of Alkhan-Yurt — Infobox civilian attack title=Pillage of Alkhan Yurt caption= location=Alkhan Yurt, Chechnya target=Captured village date=December 1999 time= timezone= type=Looting, murder, rape fatalities=At least 17 to 41 injuries= perps=Russian Ground Forces… …

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  • 32Pillage de Mégalopolis (222 av. J.-C.) — Le pillage de Mégalopolis est un évènement de la guerre de Cléomène, s étant produit au cours de l hiver 223/ 222. Sommaire 1 Contexte 2 Le déroulement 3 Conséquences 4 Querelle historiographi …

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  • 33Pillage des tombeaux égyptiens — De l Ancien Empire à la Basse Époque, des grecs aux Ottomans, les mastabas, les pyramides et les hypogées ont fait l objet de pillages incessants. Et au XIXe siècle, lors des redécouvertes, les exactions s amplifient, Français, Anglais,… …

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  • 34pillage — I. noun Etymology: Middle English pilage, from Anglo French, from piler to rob, plunder Date: 14th century 1. the act of looting or plundering especially in war 2. something taken as booty II. verb (pillaged; pillaging) Date: circa 1592 …

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  • 35pillage — 1. verb /ˈpɪl.ɪdʒ ,ˈpɪl.ədʒ/ To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war. Archibald V. (1361 1397) was Count of Perigord. He was nominally under the lilies [France], but he pillaged indiscriminately in his county. 2. noun /ˈpɪl.ɪdʒ… …

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  • 36pillage — Synonyms and related words: abduct, appropriate, arrogate, assault, attack, banditry, barbarize, batter, booty, brigandage, brigandism, brutalize, buccaneering, burn, butcher, carry off, carry on, confiscate, defilement, demolish, demolition,… …

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  • 37pillage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. spoliation, plunder, vandalism, theft, depredation. v. t. plunder, rape, sack, thieve. See stealing. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of pillaging] Syn. robbery, stealing, rapine; see destruction 1 ,… …

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  • 38pillage — pil|lage [ pılıdʒ ] verb intransitive or transitive to steal things from a place using force, especially during a war ╾ pil|lag|er noun count ╾ pil|lage noun uncount …

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  • 39pillage — pil·lage || pɪlɪdÊ’ n. plundering, taking of spoils, looting v. loot, take spoils, plunder; rob, steal …

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  • 40pillage — verb rob or steal with violence, especially in wartime. noun the action of pillaging. Derivatives pillager noun Origin ME: from OFr., from piller to plunder …

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