The Only Use of
pillage
in
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
- The consequences were uproarious beyond belief; but no one seemed to care; on the contrary, the mother and daughter laughed heartily, and enjoyed it very much; and the latter, soon beginning to mingle in the sports, got pillaged by the young brigands most ruthlessly.†
p. 51.8
Definition:
to violently steal goods -- especially as spoils of war