pillaged
Ransacked by invaders
Pillaged is the past tense of pillage, meaning to plunder or loot, especially during war or civil unrest.
Armies pillage conquered towns; rioters pillage shops.
The word suggests violent, systematic theft rather than opportunistic grabbing: The invaders pillaged the countryside, Museums filled with artifacts pillaged from colonial territories.
Stolen from, especially violently
- plunderedForcibly took valuables
- ransackedSearched destructively for valuables
- sackedDismissed from a job
- raidedAttacked by surprise
despoiled · stripped · robbed · marauded · ravaged · spoils · booty · depredated
Defeated and took control
- besiegedSurrounded by attackers
- invadedEntered by force
- occupiedCurrently in use
- overrunSpread throughout uncontrollably
vanquished · subjugated · defeated · annexed · colonized · sacked · razed · burned
Severely damaged or destroyed
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
- ruinedDamaged beyond recovery
- wreckedUtterly destroyed
- demolishedCompletely destroyed a structure
desolated · gutted · leveled · obliterated · annihilated · razed · decimated · desecrated
looted
Stolen from, especially violently
- plunderedForcibly took valuables
- ransackedSearched destructively for valuables
- sackedDismissed from a job
raided · despoiled · stripped · robbed · marauded · ravaged · spoils · booty · depredated · reaved
conquered
Defeated and took control
overrun · vanquished · subjugated · defeated · annexed · colonized · sacked · razed · burned · destroyed
ravaged
Severely damaged or destroyed
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
- ruinedDamaged beyond recovery
- wreckedUtterly destroyed
demolished · desolated · gutted · leveled · obliterated · annihilated · razed · decimated · desecrated · defaced
stolen
Taken unlawfully
swiped · snatched · lifted · nicked · appropriated · embezzled · fleeced · burgled · heisted · burglarized
- damageddamaged, broken, wrecked, ruined, destroyed
- destroyeddestroyed, demolished, annihilated, obliterated, decimated
- possessionowned, acquired, possessed, kept, retained
pillagedpreserved
Kept from deterioration
protected · safeguarded · untouched · intact · unplundered