Synonyms for Pillage (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (goods or money obtained illegally):
booty, loot, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money
WordNet sense 2 (steal goods; take as spoils):
despoil, foray, ransack, rifle, strip, reave
WordNet sense 3 (the act of stealing valuable things from a place):
pillaging, plundering
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