pillager
One who plunders
A pillager is someone who plunders or loots, taking goods by force during war, raids, or civil unrest.
The word carries a sense of violent theft and destruction: Viking pillagers swept through coastal villages.
In gaming contexts, particularly Minecraft, pillagers are hostile characters that raid settlements.
Armed robber, often rural
- banditArmed roadside thief
- raiderOne who attacks suddenly
- invaderOne who enters aggressively
- corsairPirate or pirate ship
pirate · buccaneer · highwayman · outlaw · robber · thief · guerrilla · assailant
Stolen valuables
- bootyStolen valuables, especially treasure
- spoilsSeized war gains
- treasureValued wealth or keepsake
- swagStolen goods, slang
haul · valuables · riches · gold · silver · jewels · artifacts · relics
Excessive desire for riches
- rapacityAggressive, seizing greed
- plunderingForcible taking of goods
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
ruthlessness · exploitation · opportunism · predatory · voracious · insatiable · grasping · mercenary
brigand
Armed robber, often rural
corsair · pirate · buccaneer · highwayman · outlaw · robber · thief · guerrilla · assailant · conquistador
loot
Stolen valuables
swag · haul · valuables · riches · gold · silver · jewels · artifacts · relics · ransack
avarice
Excessive desire for riches
- rapacityAggressive, seizing greed
- plunderingForcible taking of goods
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
covetousness · ruthlessness · exploitation · opportunism · predatory · voracious · insatiable · grasping · mercenary
Norse
Ancient Scandinavian civilization
- longshipSlender Norse rowing vessel
- berserkerFury-driven Norse combatant
- sagaExtended heroic narrative
Scandinavia · jarl · shieldmaiden · mead · runes · skald · fjord · raid · monastery · heathen
raze
Destroy completely
wreck · ruin · demolish · lay waste · torch · sack · scorched earth · desolation · carnage · aftermath
- Minecraftcreeper, Steve, Alex, zombie, skeleton
- Piratespirate, buccaneer, corsair, corsairs, privateers
- Plunderersraider, ransacker, reaver, despoiler, bandit
- thievesthief, robber, burglar, pickpocket, shoplifter
- attackersaggressor, assailant, attacker, assaulter, ambusher
- Outlawsoutlaw, bandit, desperado, highwayman, robber