pillage
/ˈpɪlɪdʒ/verb
उच्चारण पिलिज
लूटना, लूटपाट करना
Advanced wordPYP · asked 2 times
Asked in previous papers
as synonym
- 1
[I, T] ~ (sth)
to steal things from a place or region, especially in a war, using violence
लूटना, लूटपाट करना
- The invaders pillaged the city and burnt the temples.
- Bandits pillaged the villages along the river before the army arrived.
- Soldiers were ordered not to pillage the villages they passed through.
+ 2 more examples
- The raiders pillaged the harbour town for three days.
- Armies of the time often pillaged farms to feed themselves.
- 1
[U]
the act of stealing things from a place, especially in a war
लूटपाट, लूट
- the pillage of Delhi by Nadir Shah in 1739
- Historians describe the pillage of the temple town as a tragedy.
- The pillage of the royal treasury shocked the whole kingdom.
+ 2 more examples
- Villagers lived in fear of pillage during the long war.
- After the pillage, little remained of the old market.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
pil·lage
Double l and -age (not 'pilage').
दो l और अंत में -age ('pilage' गलत है)।
?Which word?
Keep the plunder words together: pillage and plunder (steal violently, in war), loot (steal during a riot or war), ransack (search a place roughly, causing damage), sack (destroy and steal from a town).
लूट के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: pillage और plunder (युद्ध में हिंसा से लूटना), loot (दंगे या युद्ध में चोरी), ransack (नुकसान करते हुए किसी जगह की तलाशी), sack (कस्बे को नष्ट करके लूटना)।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Nadir Shah's invasion of Delhi (1739) carried away the Peacock Throne and the Koh-i-Noor.
नादिर शाह के दिल्ली आक्रमण (1739) में तख़्त-ए-ताऊस और कोहिनूर ले जाए गए।