ransacked vs pillaged

ransacked and pillaged both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, ransacked and pillaged are synonyms defined as:

ransacked and pillaged: wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value

Other synonyms of ransacked include looted, plundered.

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