Thesaurus / pillager
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He had made a pillager's nest for himself, and he died like a pillager, abandoned even by those who were dear to him.
CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN NOVELISTSSERGE PERSKYI have buried beloved dead on this journey and I have surrendered all my substance to a pillager.
THE CITY OF DELIGHTELIZABETH MILLERBut go thou to the temple of Minerva the pillager, with victims, having assembled the matrons of distinction.
THE ILIAD OF HOMER (1873)HOMERSeveral treaties were afterward made with the Chippewa and Pillager Indians, merely changing or reducing their reservation.
FIFTY YEARS IN THE NORTHWESTWILLIAM HENRY CARMAN FOLSOMI appear as the benefactor, and not as the pillager, of the Indians.
THE CONQUESTEVA EMERY DYEThis seems to refer to the profession of brigand and pillager.
LIBRARY OF THE WORLD'S BEST LITERATURE, ANCIENT AND MODERN, VOL. 13VARIOUSIs she a poacher, a pillager of other's property, or a genuine huntress?
MORE HUNTING WASPSJ. HENRI FABREYou are the Eletto of Aalst, the pillager of cities, and this cannot be swept aside as easily as the dust from the floor.
A WORD ONLY A WORD, COMPLETEGEORG EBERSThe Crown Prince has been pictured as a libertine and a pillager.
FACE TO FACE WITH KAISERISMJAMES W. GERARDWORDS RELATED TO PILLAGER
- bandit
- brigand
- buccaneer
- burglar
- cardsharper
- cat burglar
- cattle thief
- cheat
- chiseler
- con artist
- corsair
- crook
- desperado
- despoiler
- fence
- forager
- fraud
- grafter
- hijacker
- holdup artist
- housebreaker
- looter
- marauder
- mugger
- operator
- pickpocket
- pilferer
- pillager
- pirate
- plunderer
- prowler
- punk
- raider
- rustler
- safecracker
- sandbagger
- second-story operator
- shoplifter
- stealer
- stickup
- swindler
- thief
- thug
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