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Pillager   /pˈɪlɪdʒər/   Listen
Pillager

noun
1.
Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war).  Synonyms: despoiler, freebooter, looter, plunderer, raider, spoiler.






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"Pillager" Quotes from Famous Books



... 1: Prelates ought to withstand not only the wolf who brings spiritual death upon the flock, but also the pillager and the oppressor who work bodily harm; not, however, by having recourse themselves to material arms, but by means of spiritual weapons, according to the saying of the Apostle (2 Cor. 10:4): "The weapons of our warfare ...
— Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) • Thomas Aquinas

... The unknown pillager was only a comparatively few feet away, so that it was easy for him to see the weapon covered him. Immediately he elevated his hands, as if to signify that ...
— The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf • Captain Quincy Allen



Words linked to "Pillager" :   war, sea robber, stealer, buccaneer, pillage, thief, warfare, despoiler, sea rover, pirate



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