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Pillaged Definition & Meaning

pillaged
adjective
  1. wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value; "the robbers left the looted train"; "people returned to the plundered village"
  2. having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence; "the raped countryside"

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What does pillaged mean?
wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value; "the robbers left the looted train"; "people returned to the plundered village" having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence; "the raped countryside"
What part of speech is pillaged?
Pillaged is an adjective.
How many definitions does pillaged have?
Pillaged has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).

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