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pilleur

looter

noun pee-YUR Rare

Also means

plunderer

Usage Note

Pilleur denotes someone who pillages, whether in wartime, after a disaster, or metaphorically (a pilleur d'épaves is a wreck plunderer). The feminine is pilleuse. The related verb is piller and the abstract noun is pillage. It carries a strongly negative connotation.

Examples

"Les pilleurs ont tout emporté après l'incendie."

Natural Translation

The looters took everything after the fire.

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