English → Latin
“pillage” in Latin
dīreptiōplundering, pillaging, sack, sacking; stealing; rapeexpīlātiōpillaging, plunderingcompīlātiōThe act of carrying off or snatching together; pillaging, plundering.; A compilation, collection (of documents).spoliātiōrobbing, plunderingpopulātiōthe act of laying waste or plundering; plunder, booty; destruction, devastation, corruption, ruindēpopulātiōmarauding, pillaging, sacking, plunderingpraedorto acquire loot, such as through robbery or war; to pillage, plunder, despoil; to ravage, rob, takedīripiōto tear apart; to tear to pieces; to lay waste, plunder an enemy’s territory or possessions; to loot; steal; robcompīlōto snatch together and carry off; plunder, pillage, rob, stealexpīlōto plunder, despoil, pillage
The English word pillage itself goes back to Latin pilus, through piliō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pillage s.
direptio; expilatio; compilatio; spoliatio; populatio, or, more strongly, depopulatio; also by verbs; e.g., bona regia diripienda plebi sunt data (Liv., 2, 5, as pillage).
pillage v.
praedari: diripere: compilare: expilare: spoliare: populari: depopulari.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pillage?
- The usual Latin words for “pillage” are dīreptiō, expīlātiō, compīlātiō; also spoliātiō, populātiō, dēpopulātiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.