pillage

Noun

• the act of stealing valuable things from a place
  • the plundering of the Parthenon
    
  • his plundering of the great authors
    

• goods or money obtained illegally

Verb

• steal goods; take as spoils
  • During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  plundering , pillaging , loot , booty , plunder , prize , swag , dirty money , despoil , reave , strip , rifle , ransack , foray