Loot vs. Pillage: What's the Difference?
Loot and Pillage Definitions
Loot
Valuables pillaged in time of war; spoils.
Pillage
To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder.
Loot
Stolen goods or money.
Pillage
To take as spoils.
Loot
(Informal) Things of value, such as gifts, received.
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Pillage
To take spoils by force.
Loot
(Slang) Money.
Pillage
The act of pillaging.
Loot
To take goods from (a place) by force or without right, especially in time of war or lawlessness; plunder
The rebels looted the city. Rioters looted the downtown stores.
Pillage
Something pillaged; spoils.
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Loot
To take by force or without right; steal
Broke into the tomb and looted the grave goods.
Pillage
(ambitransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.
Loot
To take goods by force or through lawless behavior.
Pillage
The spoils of war.
Loot
A scoop used to remove scum from brine pans in saltworks.
Pillage
The act of pillaging.
Loot
Synonym of booty, goods seized from an enemy by violence, particularly (historical) during the sacking of a town in war or (video games) after successful combat.
The loot from the sack of Constantinople included the head of John the Baptist.
Pillage
The act of pillaging; robbery.
Loot
Synonym of sack, the plundering of a city, particularly during war.
He consented to the loot of the city by the men under his command.
Pillage
That which is taken from another or others by open force, particularly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder; spoil; booty.
Which pillage they with merry march bring home.
Loot
Any valuable thing received for free, especially Christmas presents.
Pillage
To strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; to spoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy.
Mummius . . . took, pillaged, and burnt their city.
Loot
(slang) money.
Pillage
To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage.
They were suffered to pillage wherever they went.
Loot
Clipping of lieutenant
Pillage
Goods or money obtained illegally
Loot
(transitive) plunder, to seize by violence particularly during the capture of a city during war or (video games) after successful combat.
We looted the temple and the orphanage, which turned most of the NPCs against us.
Pillage
The act of stealing valuable things from a place;
The plundering of the Parthenon
His plundering of the great authors
Loot
Synonym of rob, to steal something from someone by violence or threat of violence.
Pillage
Steal goods; take as spoils;
During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
Loot
The act of plundering.
Loot
Plunder; booty; especially, the booty taken in a conquered or sacked city.
Loot
Anything stolen or obtained by dishonesty.
Loot
Valuable objects; as, the child was delighted with all the loot he got for his birthday.
Loot
Money; as, you shouldn't carry all that loot around with you in the city; she made a pile of loot from trading in cattle futures.
Loot
To plunder; to carry off as plunder or a prize lawfully obtained by war.
Looting parties . . . ransacking the houses.
Loot
Goods or money obtained illegally
Loot
Informal terms for money
Loot
Take illegally; of intellectual property;
This writer plundered from famous authors
Loot
Steal goods; take as spoils;
During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
