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Despoilment vs Pillage - What's the difference?

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Despoilment is a related term of pillage.


As nouns the difference between despoilment and pillage

is that despoilment is the act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation while pillage is the spoils of war.

As a verb pillage is

(ambitransitive) to loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.

despoilment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
  • * 1994 : Noah M. Lemos, Intrinsic Value
    • On such a view, the despoilment of pristine wilderness is the loss of something intrinsically good.

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    pillage

    English

    Verb

    (pillag)
  • (ambitransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.
  • * 1911 , ,
    • Archibald V. (1361-1397) was Count of Perigord. He was nominally under the lilies [France], but he pillaged indiscriminately in his county.

    Noun

    (-)
  • The spoils of war.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Which pillage they with merry march bring home.
  • The act of pillaging.

    • Noun

    (m)
  • looting

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