pillager
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The name ‘Raiders’ has negative connotations — synonyms include pillager, warmonger and aggressor.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2021
He followed this up in 1989 with Erik the Viking, which starred Tim Robbins as a reluctant pillager, and was based on his own children’s book published in 1983.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2020
My fruit-picking reference might make me sound like a pillager of the environment, out of tune with modern sensibilities, but that’s a problem with our metaphors, not with our reality.
From Nature ● Feb. 11, 2019
Even after he scored a worldwide hit in his first starring role, as a primeval pillager in Conan the Barbarian, he was still seen as a fluke or a freak.
From Time Magazine Archive
The unknown pillager was only a comparatively few feet away, so that it was easy for him to see the weapon covered him.
From The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf by Quincy Allen
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