pillage (v.) Copy link Outline 1. praedor, 1 (strictly intrans.; in later authors also trans.)2. dīrĭpio, ui., reptum, 3 (only trans.)3. pŏpŭlor, 1 (to lay waste)4. compīlo, 1 (to rifle)5. spŏlio, 1 (to despoil, strip of ornaments, furniture, etc.) • pillage (v.): 1. praedor, 1 (strictly intrans.; in later authors also trans.): the prospect of plundering and p.ing, spes rapiendi praedandique, Cic. Ph. 4, 4, 9: to p. the property of the farmers, de aratorum bonis p., id. Verr. 3, 78, 182: to p. the allies rather than the enemy, socios magis quam hostes pr., Tac. A. 12, 49. Engaged in p.ing, praedabundus: Sall. Jug. 90. 2. dīrĭpio, ui., reptum, 3 (only trans.): to p. (sack) a town, oppidum d., Caes. B. C. 1, 21, fin. (Praedor is to carry off booty from a country or town, diripio, to ransack and rifle utterly, as soldiers do a city taken by storm.) 3. pŏpŭlor, 1 (to lay waste): v. to ravage, devastate. 4. compīlo, 1 (to rifle): to p. temples, templa c., Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 86. Liv. So, expīlo, 1. v. to rob. 5. spŏlio, 1 (to despoil, strip of ornaments, furniture, etc.): Cic.: Sall.