A pillager is a person who pillages: someone who goes into a place, usually in a war, and steals a great deal and often breaks a great deal too. We use it for soldiers, raiders, or people in old stories who ride into a town and carry off food, animals, gold, and anything else they can grab.

A pillager is a person who pillagespillager是做pillage這件事的人 someone who goes into a place走進一個地方 usually in a war通常是在戰爭裡 and steals a great deal搶走很多東西 and often breaks a great deal too常常也毀掉很多東西 We use it for soldiers, raiders我們會用這個字形容士兵、掠奪者 or people in old stories或是老故事裡的人物 who ride into a town他們騎馬闖進一個城鎮 and carry off food, animals, gold把食物、牲畜、黃金都搶走 and anything else they can grab還有任何抓得到的東西

It is a rather bookish word.

It is a rather bookish word這是個相當書面的字

In everyday talk people are more likely to say looter if the stealing is happening in a riot or after a disaster, or thief for one person taking things. You can stretch pillager a little for someone who takes and ruins greedily even when there is no army, but that still sounds like writing, not chatting.

In everyday talk日常對話裡 people are more likely to say looter大家更常說looter if the stealing is happening in a riot or after a disaster如果搶劫是發生在暴動或災難之後 or thief for one person taking things或者用thief指單一個人偷東西 You can stretch pillager a little你可以稍微延伸pillager這個字 for someone who takes and ruins greedily形容貪婪地搶奪又破壞的人 even when there is no army即使沒有軍隊 but that still sounds like writing不過那聽起來還是比較像書面用語 not chatting不像聊天

The act, or the stolen goods, is pillage; the person who does it is the pillager.

The act, or the stolen goods, is pillage這個行為、或是搶來的東西叫做pillage the person who does it is the pillager做這件事的人就是pillager