pillaged
pi lijd
- v steal goods; take as spoils
- s wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value
- s having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence
- While other government buildings, ranging from the Ministry of Religious Affairs to the National Museum of Antiquities, were looted and pillaged, while hospitals were .
- Major labels are scurrying to land emo talent, just as they once pillaged Seattle for grunge.
- First, owner Ron Perelman pillaged Marvel for cash and floated $250 million in high-yield debt.