Difference between Pillage and Plundering

PILLAGE vs PLUNDERING: NOUN

The act of stealing valuable things from a place
Goods or money obtained illegally
The act of pillaging.
Something pillaged; spoils.
The act of plundering.
Plunder; spoil; that which is taken from another by open force, particularly and chiefly from enemies in war.
The act of pillaging; robbery.
That which is taken from another or others by open force, particularly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder; spoil; booty.
The spoils of war.
Synonyms Pillage, Plunder, Booty, Spoil, Prey. These words denote that which is violently got or carried off; all except prey suggest a considerable amount seized. Pillage also denotes the act; the others only the thing or things taken. Pillage and spoil especially suggest the great loss to the owners, completely stripping or despoiling them of their property; plunder suggests the quantity and value of that which is taken: as, loaded with plunder; booty is primarily the spoils of war, but also of a raid or combined action, as of pirates, brigands, or burglars; spoil is the only one of these words that is used in the plural, except, rarely, prey. Prey now seems figurative or archaic when not applied to the objects of pursuit by animals: as, the mouse falls a ready prey to both beasts and birds; hence, when applied to that which is pursued or taken by man, it expresses condemnation of the act.

Usurpation, Rapine, Looting, Rifle, Prize, Reave, Foray, Strip, Swag, Booty, Ransack, Despoil, Loot, Plundering, Plunder

Depredation, Dispossession, Predatory, Banditry, Exploitation, Exploiting, Robbing, Usurpation, Raiding, Looted, Loot, Looting, Acquisitive, Pillage, Pillaging

Robbery, Theft, Snatching, Raiding, Steal, Exploitation, Usurpation, Rapine, Rifle, Prize, Strip, Booty, Despoil, Loot, Plundering

Booty, Depletion, Theft, Dispossession, Predatory, Exploitation, Exploiting, Robbing, Usurpation, Raiding, Looted, Loot, Acquisitive, Pillage, Pillaging

We must pillage the forests for infected monkeys as well.
So, if you pillage or plunder, get a receipt.
Harvests had to be stored and protected from pillage.
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SYN: Devastation, desolation, waste, pillage, plunder, sack, ruin, spoil.
When do rape and pillage come into it?
It is legitimate to pillage from other parties.
Why do our soldiers pillage, burn and kill?
You shall pillage the accumulated wealth of Babylon.
Paradise in which their choice was between massacre or pillage by Mahrattas, and pillage or massacre by Afghans.

Is Poverty in Iran the Result of Sanctions or Plundering?
Nevertheless, the reported plundering and ethnic cleansing are probably overrated.
Near the height of plundering came a pause and panic.
Saxons ensure the prosperity of their countries by plundering others.
Congress wanted to stop this plundering of the public treasury.
After plundering the town, they destroyed it with fire.
German regiment from Illinois is currently plundering the town.
Mormon settlers from their homes, plundering, and burning.
Plenty of plundering marauders have made common cause.
Allows the plundering, rebuilding and razing of villages.