pilhar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- catch verb To capture or seize something moving, such as a ball or a fleeing person.
- loot noun Goods stolen or taken by force, especially during war, a riot, or (in video games) after defeating an enemy.
- pillage verb To loot or plunder a place by force, typically during war.
- plunder verb To steal goods from a place by force, typically during war or unrest.
Senses
pilhar is used for these senses in English:
- catch (transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape). [from 13thc.]
- come by (intransitive) To come near to; to pass; to visit.
- loot (transitive) Synonym of plunder, to seize by violence particularly during the capture of a city during war or (video games) after successful combat.
- pillage (ambitransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.
- plunder (transitive) To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
- plunder (intransitive) To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.
catch — full definition
- verb To capture or seize something moving, such as a ball or a fleeing person.
- verb To become infected with an illness.
- verb To notice, understand, or hear something.
- noun A hidden difficulty or drawback in an otherwise appealing deal or plan.
- noun Something captured, especially fish.
loot — full definition
- noun Goods stolen or taken by force, especially during war, a riot, or (in video games) after defeating an enemy.
- verb To steal goods, typically during a war, riot, or other chaos.