Pillage vs. Raid: What's the Difference?

Pillage and Raid Definitions
Pillage
To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder.
Raid
A surprise attack by a small armed force.
Pillage
To take as spoils.
Raid
A sudden forcible entry into a place by police
A raid on a gambling den.
Pillage
To take spoils by force.
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Raid
An entrance into another's territory for the purpose of seizing goods or valuables.
Pillage
The act of pillaging.
Raid
A predatory operation mounted against a competitor, especially an attempt to lure away the personnel or membership of a competing organization.
Pillage
Something pillaged; spoils.
Raid
An attempt to seize control of a company, as by acquiring a majority of its stock.
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Pillage
(ambitransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.
Raid
An attempt by speculators to drive stock prices down by coordinated selling.
Pillage
The spoils of war.
Raid
To make a raid on.
Pillage
The act of pillaging.
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Raid
To conduct a raid or participate in one.
Pillage
The act of pillaging; robbery.
Raid
(military) A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
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.
Raid
An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering.
A police raid of a narcotics factory
A raid of contractors on the public treasury
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.
Raid
(sports) An attacking movement.
Pillage
To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage.
They were suffered to pillage wherever they went.
Raid
(Internet) An activity initiated at or towards the end of a live broadcast by the broadcaster that sends its viewers to a different broadcast, primarily intended to boost the viewership of the receiving broadcaster. This is frequently accompanied by a message in the form of a hashtag that is posted in the broadcast's chat by the viewers.
Pillage
Goods or money obtained illegally
Raid
(online gaming) A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.
Pillage
The act of stealing valuable things from a place;
The plundering of the Parthenon
His plundering of the great authors
Raid
(transitive) To engage in a raid against.
The police raided the gambling den.
The soldiers raided the village and burned it down.
A group of mobsters raided an art museum and stole a bunch of paintings.
Pillage
Steal goods; take as spoils;
During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
Raid
(transitive) To lure from another; to entice away from.
Raid
(transitive) To indulge oneself by taking from.
I raided the fridge for snacks.
Raid
A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.
Marauding chief! his sole delightThe moonlight raid, the morning fight.
There are permanent conquests, temporary occupations, and occasional raids.
Raid
An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury.
Raid
To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties.
Raid
A sudden short attack
Raid
An attempt by speculators to defraud investors
Raid
Search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on;
The police raided the crack house
Raid
Enter someone else's territory and take spoils;
The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly
Raid
Take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock;
T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies
Raid
Search for something needed or desired;
Our babysitter raided our refrigerator