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pillage
pillage, by an ancient law of the sea, the right of the captors of a ship taken in prize to take everything found above the main deck except the furniture and guns of the vessel. It was a right which, not unnaturally, could lead to great abuse as, in the heat and excitement of capture, there were few to swear what was, or was not, found above the main deck. In many cases the holds of captured ships were broken open and the contents strewn on the upper deck, to be picked up a moment later and claimed as pillage.
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"pillage." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "pillage." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-pillage.html "pillage." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-pillage.html |
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pillage
pil·lage / ˈpilij/ • v. [tr.] rob (a place) using violence, esp. in wartime. ∎ steal (something) using violence, esp. in wartime: artworks pillaged from churches and museums. • n. the action of pillaging a place or property, esp. in wartime. DERIVATIVES: pil·lag·er n. |
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"pillage." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "pillage." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-pillage.html "pillage." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-pillage.html |
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pillage
pillage spoliation, plunder. XIV. — (O)F., f. piller plunder (whence pill †plunder, pillage, dial. peel XIII, superseding †pile, OE. *pilian, pylian XII), in OF. only in espiller, f. OF. peille rag:- L. pilleum felt cap; see -AGE.
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T. F. HOAD. "pillage." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "pillage." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-pillage.html T. F. HOAD. "pillage." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-pillage.html |
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pillage
pillage •abridge, bridge, fridge, frig, midge, ridge
•quayage • verbiage • foliage • lineage
•ferriage
•stowage, towage
•buoyage, voyage
•sewage
•Babbage, cabbage
•garbage • cribbage
•Burbage, herbage
•adage • bandage • yardage • headage
•appendage • windage • bondage
•vagabondage • cordage • poundage
•wordage • staffage • roughage
•baggage • mortgage • luggage
•package, trackage
•tankage • wreckage • breakage
•leakage
•linkage, shrinkage, sinkage
•blockage, dockage, lockage
•boscage • corkage • soakage
•truckage • tallage • assemblage
•railage
•grillage, pillage, spillage, stillage, tillage, village
•pupillage (US pupilage) • sacrilege
•ensilage • mucilage • cartilage
•sortilege • tutelage • curtilage
•privilege
•mileage, silage
•acknowledge, college, foreknowledge, knowledge
•haulage, stallage
•spoilage • Coolidge
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"pillage." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "pillage." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-pillage.html "pillage." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-pillage.html |
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