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pillerie (1376)

pillerie (1376)

pilerie,  pilerye, 
(pl. pillereus)  
  FEW:  pilleum 8,500a Gdf: GdfC:  pillerie 10,339a TL: pillerie 7,942 DEAF:  peille (pillerie)  DMF:  pillerie  TLF:  piller (pillerie)  OED:  pillery n.  MED:  pillerie n.  DMLBS:  pilaria 2280b

s.

(action of) pillaging, plundering, robbing
( 1376 )  quant a pilerye en dit contee, il n’y fist unqes damages a nully  Rot Parl1 ii 329
( 1378 )  roberies, larcyns, pilerie, murtres, forces et touz autres cas criminous faitz en temps passé  Foedera1 iv 44
( 1384 )  Et qe durantes les dites trieves et abstinence de guerre cesseront generalment toutes [...] demolitions des mesons et toutz arsins, pilleries et robberies  Rot Scot ii 64
( 1435 )  les grefs, oppressions, pertes, domaiges, violence, pillerieus, occisions, tiranies, injustices, rançons, apatis et autres extorcions que le porre peuple de Normendie a soustenus et endurés  Lett Rois 426

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See also:

pillage  pillard  pillement  piller1  pillour 
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pillerie