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5. devastation, laying waste, desolation; destruction, ruin, burning, razing, leveling, vandalism; desecration, defilement, outrage, violation.
6. brigandage, piracy, buccaneering, freebooting, banditry, highway robbery, Obs. latrociny, privateering, filibustering; robbery, theft, thievery, stealing, Law. larceny.
7. spoils, loot, plunder, booty, Archaic, boot, Archaic. prey, Scot. Obs. reif; prize, profits, pickings, gain, grab, Inf. haul; All SI. the take, the goods, boodle, swag.

pillar, n. 1. column, upright support, caryatid, atlas, telamon; Archit. columna caelata, pilaster, colonnade, peristyle; post, shaft, pier, pole, pylon; standard, stalagmite, spine, cylinder; Naut. mast, spar.
2. chief supporter, mainstay, backbone, pillar of the church or community or society, tower of strength; strength, support, rock, foundation.

pillow, n. cushion, bolster; headrest, head restraint; study pillow, prop, support; pad, Inf. sit-upon.

pilot, n. 1. airplane pilot, aviator, Inf. birdman, airman, flier, avigator, aeronaut, co-pilot; steersman, helmsman, wheelman, coxswain, navigator; driver, back-seat driver.
2. guide, tour guide, cicerone; leader, chief, head, boss, Inf. bossman, superior; captain, conductor, director, engineer, trainmaster; man-in-charge, manager, overseer, supervisor, superintendent, Inf. super, foreman, headman, Brit, gaffer.
-v. 3. steer, drive, fly, guide, navigate; run, operate, work, handle; conduct, lead, direct, control, manage, boss; be in charge of, have direction of, be in control of, be in the driver's seat, be at the wheel.
-adj. 4. experimental, tentative, trial, test.

pimp, n. 1. procurer, pander, panderer, whoremonger, SI. flesh-peddler, SI. hustler, U.S. SI. sweet-man, Fr. maquereau; white slaver, smuggler, runner; go-between, intermediary, middleman, agent, solicitor; purveyor, supplier, provider, furnisher; procuress, Archaic, bawd, madam.
-v. 2. procure, pander, solicit, SI. hustle; purvey,
supply, provide, furnish.

pimple, n. 1. pustule, papule, papilla, boil, blain, furuncle, furunculus, carbuncle, pock, wen, whelk, Ophthalm. sty or stye, Rare, bleb, Archaic, botch; eruption, inflammation, rising, lump, bump, wheal, hive, blind pimple, ingrown hair; blemish, mark, spot, pockmark, pit, whitehead, Pathol, milium, blackhead, Med. comedo, SI. zit, SI. woogit, SI. hickey.
2. Usu.

pimples goose flesh, goose skin, goose pimples, hives, horripilation, Inf. goose bumps, Inf. duck bumps.

pin, n. 1. bolt, peg, dowel, thole, tholepin; nail, spike; screw, rivet; tack.
2. brooch, clip, stickpin, breastpin, chatelaine, Archaic. ouch; tieclasp, tie clip, tie tack; jewel, gem; ornament, decoration, adornment.
3. trifle, gewgaw, gimcrack, bauble, trinket; hair, button, straw, molehill, Inf. beans, Inf. hill of beans, Inf row of pins.
-v.4. fasten, secure, fix, affix, attach; nail, bolt, screw, rivet, tack, staple, peg; transfix, skewer, freeze, immobilize, stabilize.
5. pin down a. bind, hold, constrain, tie, tie down, tie [s.o.'s] hands, leave [s.o.] no option or choice,

b. force, make, have, cause or cause to, compel, press, Inf pressure or high-pressure, Inf lean on, Inf. squeeze, Inf. put the screws on or to, Inf. twist [s.o.'s] arm.

c. determine, specify, name, designate, indicate, put or lay one's finger on, pinpoint, zero in on, home in on.