pillaged vs despoiled

pillaged and despoiled both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pillaged	No	Yes	No	No
despoiled	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, pillaged and despoiled are synonyms defined as:

pillaged and despoiled: having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence

Other synonyms of pillaged include raped, ravaged, sacked.

pillaged (adjective)	despoiled (adjective)
having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence	having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence
wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value