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adj. - Having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence; Wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value.

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  • Verb (used with object) : The barbarians pillaged every conquered city
  • It was said that the ship contained great wealth that had been pillaged along the coast of India, and the best that they had pillaged from the Chinese.
  • The court also noted that Mr Reeves "pillaged" Waterloo for his own purposes, racking up hotel and restaurant bills on company credit cards.
  • Leaked emails, seen by the Herald Sun, reveal several senior officers are worried they can't adequately police suburban beats because their staff are being "pillaged"...
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