loot vs pillage

loot and pillage both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
loot	Yes	No	Yes	No
pillage	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, loot and pillage are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of loot include booty, dirty money, plunder, prize, swag.

As verbs, loot and pillage are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of loot include despoil, foray, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip.

loot (noun)	pillage (noun)
goods or money obtained illegally	the act of stealing valuable things from a place
informal terms for money	goods or money obtained illegally

loot (verb)	pillage (verb)
steal goods; take as spoils	steal goods; take as spoils
take illegally; of intellectual property