Pillage
Rape
Rape noun - The act of despoiling a country in warfare.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| possible | possible pillage | possible rape |
| less | less pillage | less rape |
| occasional | occasional pillage | occasional rape |
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Well, not burning but the troops are customarily allowed to rape and pillage for twenty-four hours.
Source: Rape, Pillage, and Burn -
Fortunately they seem more interested in rape and pillage: if they fry your fleet, instead of sticking around to do infrastructure damage they'll hare off after more things to fight.
Source: Video Game / Endless Space - You can't go around killing innocents, you can't kill medics, you probably can't rape or pillage, and you can't use certain weapons.
Source: Fictional Geneva Conventions
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Rape and Pillage. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pillage/rape
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