pillage

How to use pillage in a sentence

What reliance could repose upon a house, divided against itself—not safe from the extravagance and pillage of its own members?

Cuenca, Spain, taken by the French under Caulincourt, and given up to pillage.

So there was pillage and raiding across the Parrett, and at last Ina had sent messages to Gerent concerning it.

He gave up the town to pillage and rapine, allowing the doing of such deeds as have consigned his name to well-merited infamy.

Never forget our rule: 'A true vagabond, twenty-four hours after a pillage, must have nothing left but his skin and his knife.'

Of the Crusaders who entered the Mosque of Omar for pillage, some waded in blood to their waists.

Even the King himself was not slow to pillage: he was discontented with the indemnity offered, and threatened to loot the city.

There were incessant irruptions of different tribes passing from one country to another, in search of plunder and pillage.

La ville fut mise au pillage par les soldatz du camp, qui se firent gentis compaignons.

Christians and Mohammedans have fought for it; it has withstood sieges and bombardments, and known massacres and pillage.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985