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cumulation; heap, mound, hill, mountain; pile, stack, bunch, pack, wad, lot, fistful, mass, SI. gob.
2. collision, crash, chain accidents, accident, wreck, Inf. smash-up, Inf. smash, Inf. crack-up, Inf. demolition derby.

pilfer, v. 1. steal, thieve, rob, filch, purloin, finger, pick, Inf. snitch, cabbage, abstract, Chiefly Brit, prig, Brit. SI. snaffle, Euph. borrow, Archaic, nim; peculate, embezzle, Law. defalcate, misappropriate, convert; shoplift, palm, SI. boost, walk off or away with, Euph. remove; All SI. heist, pinch, hook, swipe, hustle, rip off, frisk, crook, cop, lift.
2. pirate, plagiarize, copy, Inf. lift, Inf. crib; forge, counterfeit, imitate, reproduce; appropriate, expropriate, arrogate, usurp.
3. mooch, scrounge, freeload, sponge, scavenge, SI. bum.
4. swindle, defraud, mulct, shark, cheat, fleece, Inf flimflam, rook, bilk, Inf. welsh, Inf do [s.o.] out of, Inf gyp, SI. pluck, SI. chisel, SI. clip.

pilfering, n. 1. petty thievery, theft, filching, pilferage, SI. swiping, St. hustling, SI. copping, Psychol. kleptomania; peculation, embezzlement, Law. defalcation, misappropriation; shoplifting, palming, SI. boosting; smuggling, bootlegging; purse-snatching, Inf. mugging, SI. jumping.
2. plagiarism, copying, Inf. cribbing, Inf. lifting.
3. expropriation, appropriation, arrogation, usurpation, accroachment, assumption.

pilgrim, n. 1. palmer, Fr. p&lerin, Islam, hadji, crusader; worshipper, devotee.
2. tourist, sightseer, world traveler, SI. W.T., excursionist, Brit. Inf. tripper, junketeer, globetrotter, Nelly Bly, Phineas Fogg, traveler, wanderer, journeyer, wayfarer; rambler, roamer, rover, peregrinator, peripatetic.
3. refugee, displaced person, D.P., exile, 6migr6, evacuee, expatriate, alien, Wandering Jew; nomad, Kuchi, Bedouin, SI. wetback; transient, sojourner, migrant, bird of passage; itinerant, U.S. Inf. boomer, floater, drifter, hobo, tramp, vagrant.
4. settler, pioneer, homesteader, sooner; new arrival, newcomer, greenhorn, immigrant, emigrant.

pilgrimage, n. holy or sacred expedition, Fr. pardon, Islam, hadj; special trip, side trip, detour; excursion, expedition, trip, voyage, journey, trek; cruise, crossing, passage; peregrination, safari; tour, grand tour, world tour, Ger. Wanderschaft.

pill, n. 1. tablet, capsule, pellet, vitamin pill, diet pill, Med., Pharm. placebo, Pharm., Vet. Med. bolus; pastille, troche, lozenge, drop, cough drop; medicine, remedy, cure, medicament, medication, physic, drug, pharmaceutical.
2. dose, bitter cup, bitter draft, bitter pill.
3. the pill birth-control pill, oral contraceptive.
4. Slang, disagreeable person, Inf. pain in the neck, SI. pain, Inf. crank, Inf. grouch, SI. grump.

pillage, v. 1. plunder, rob, despoil, Archaic, spoil, spoliate, Chiefly Scot. reive; ravage, harry, rape, maraud, devastate, lay waste, depredate; ransack, sack, loot, gut, fleece, strip, rifle, steal; desecrate, defile, outrage, violate.
2. desolate, wreak havoc upon, destroy, damage, ruin, vandalize; burn, level, raze, demolish.
3. pirate, freeboot, buccaneer, privateer, filibuster; burglarize, burgle.
-n. 4. plunder, plundering, plunderage, rapine, depredation, spoliation, despoliation, despoilment, Obs. direption, raven or ravin; ravaging, harrying, marauding, Archaic, maraud, sack, sacking, Rare. sackage; raid, razzia, foray; foraging, looting, ravishment, seizure, grab, rape.