banditry vs pillage
pillage vs banditrybanditry and pillage both are nouns.
banditry is not a verb while pillage is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| banditry | Yes | No | No | No |
| pillage | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
pillage is a hypernym of
banditry; that is, pillage is a
word with a broader meaning than banditry:
- banditry: the practice of plundering in gangs
- pillage: the act of stealing valuable things from a place
Other hypernyms of banditry include
pillaging, plundering.
| banditry (noun) | pillage (noun) |
|---|---|
| the practice of plundering in gangs | the act of stealing valuable things from a place |
| goods or money obtained illegally |
| banditry (verb) | pillage (verb) |
|---|---|
| steal goods; take as spoils |
Words related to "banditry"
Words related to "pillage"
- aggression
- banditry
- booty
- cut
- deplume
- depredation
- despoil
- despoilation
- despoilment
- despoliation
- devastation
- dirty money
- displume
- foray
- hostility
- loot
- looting
- pillager
- pillaging
- plunder
- plundering
- predation
- prize
- ransack
- rape
- rapine
- ravaging
- reave
- rifle
- robbery
- sack
- spoil
- spoilation
- spoliation
- stolen property
- strip
- swag
- take
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