Summary
to pillage {verb}
piller · rapiner
pillage {noun}
looting · pillage · pillaging · robbery
Synonyms
pillage: plunder · despoil · loot
pillage: brigandage · banditisme · déprédation
more (34)English-French translation for "pillage"
"pillage" French translation
pillage {noun}
CENADEP-* le pillage des ressources naturelles de la République Démocratique du Congo
It wants to impose its system of exploitation and pillage and its hegemony through war.
We have witnessed the pillage and agony too vividly for almost a decade.
The pillage of these resources, the property of the brotherly Congolese people, must stop.
Simply put, the pillage of those global resources must stop.
to pillage {verb}
to pillage [pillaged|pillaged] {vb} (also: to loot, to plunder, to sack, to rob)
The plan was to pillage Puerto Rico and turn it over to the United States through statehood.
They will do whatever it takes to pillage and take whatever they want.
The temptation to loot, pillage, rape and murder grows more acute when there is little to lose.
We should not have allowed the company to pillage the Singer employees' pension fund''?
It was therefore not difficult to dislodge a few policemen by coming along with superior weapons and the will to murder and pillage.
to pillage [pillaged|pillaged] {vb}
That is the deepest meaning to be found in these poor countries that wish to become rich through pillaging and plundering, which they do in the full light of day where everyone can see them.
pillage {noun}
Eyewitnesses accused UPDF of being directly involved in the looting of the town.
Many commentators have called these acts of looting a crime against humanity.
Iraq's treasures and acts of looting and destruction: results and responsibility
The Government forces did not intervene to stop or prevent the ongoing looting.
Iraq's treasures and acts of looting and destruction: results and responsibility
CENADEP-* le pillage des ressources naturelles de la République Démocratique du Congo
It wants to impose its system of exploitation and pillage and its hegemony through war.
We have witnessed the pillage and agony too vividly for almost a decade.
The pillage of these resources, the property of the brotherly Congolese people, must stop.
Simply put, the pillage of those global resources must stop.
The people of Western Sahara decried Morocco's pillaging and profiteering.
In the colonial past, pillaging was carried out in an open and shameless fashion.
• Harmonious coexistence with our mother Earth rather than pillaging of natural resources;
We can all name many examples of this type of information pillaging.
Another economic point I wish to make regards the pillaging of the Congo's natural resources.
b Burglary, looting, theft, armed robbery, handling stolen goods.
We remember how discoveries actually turned into conquest and robbery.
SAF soldiers have also been accused of robbery and looting.
(b) They increased the seriousness of the phenomenon of armed robbery;
It should not, however, lead to daylight robbery.
Synonyms
Synonyms (English) for "pillage":
© Princeton Universityplunder · despoil · loot · reave · strip · rifle · ransack · foray · plundering · pillaging · booty · prize · swag · dirty money
Synonyms (French) for "pillage":
© myThes Dicollectebrigandage · banditisme · déprédation · exaction · fripouillerie · gangstérisme · piraterie · terrorisme · vandalisme · vol · curée · dévastation · dégât · abus · excès · extorsion · malversation · rançonnement · concussion · sac
Usage examples
Usage examples for "pillage" in French
The issue of fishing deserves a more in depth study, since it is an example of the involvement of foreign States in the pillage of Western Sahara's natural resources.
We have been the historical theatre of absurd wars, ambitions and sterile battles, very often exported, and the horrors of death and pillage.
Similar words
pilau · pilchard · pile · pile-up · piles · Pilferage · pilfering · pilgrim · pilgrimage · pill · pillage · pillager · pillaging · pillar · pillar-box · pillion · pillock · pillory · pillow · pillow-case · pillowcase
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