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    PILLAGER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)play

    Synonyms:

    despoiler; freebooter; looter; pillager; plunderer; raider; spoiler

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("pillager" is a kind of...):

    stealer; thief (a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it)

    Domain category:

    war; warfare (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pillager"):

    buccaneer; pirate; sea robber; sea rover (someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation)

    Derivation:

    pillage (steal goods; take as spoils)

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