pillaging
略奪
解説 Definition
pillaging は pillage（略奪する）の現在分詞・動名詞で、「略奪すること、略奪行為」という意味です。戦争や暴動などで、物を奪い取る行為を表す硬めの語です。
Pillaging is the act of violently or unlawfully taking goods from a place, especially during war, invasion, civil disorder, or an attack. It is the gerund or present participle of pillage and often suggests extensive, destructive looting.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
pillaging は原形 pillage に -ing を付けた形です。語末の e を落として pillaging とし、発音は原形の /ˈpɪlɪdʒ/ に /ɪŋ/ が続きます。名詞用法では the pillaging of shops「商店の略奪」の型が典型的です。小さく盗む pilfering より、戦争・暴動で広範囲に奪う looting や plundering に近い硬い語です。
Connect pillaging with its base verb pillage, “to rob a place extensively.” The final silent e is dropped before -ing: pillage becomes pillaging, while the /dʒ/ sound remains. As a noun, it commonly appears in the pattern “the pillaging of” a town, village, shop, or occupied area. Picture organized or widespread looting during war or unrest, not a minor secret theft. That distinction separates pillaging from pilfering, which usually means stealing small amounts, often quietly. Looting and plundering are close in meaning, while pillaging often has a formal, historical, or legal tone.
例文
The report described the pillaging of shops after the attack.
その報告書は攻撃後の商店の略奪について述べていました。
Villagers feared more pillaging during the conflict.
村人たちは紛争中にさらに略奪が起こることを恐れていました。
The court examined evidence of pillaging in the occupied area.
裁判所は占領地域での略奪の証拠を調べました。
pillaging の類義語・関連語
pillaging の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古フランス語pillage（略奪）から英語に入った語で、さらにpiller（剥ぎ取る）に由来する。語根はラテン語pilare（毛を抜く→剥ぎ取る）。-ingは動名詞・現在分詞の接尾辞。関連語にpillage（略奪する）、pilfer（くすねる）がある。「剥ぎ取る」が原義で、財産を根こそぎ奪うイメージ。
Pillaging is formed from pillage by dropping the final e and adding -ing. English pillage came through Old French pillage, “plunder” or “the act of plundering,” related to the verb piller, “to plunder or strip.” These forms have been connected with Latin pilāre, literally “to remove hair” and figuratively “to strip or rob.” The development from stripping something bare to taking property extensively explains the word’s force in accounts of war and disorder.
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