Kinyarwanda
amahugu
ah-mah-HOO-goo
How to say it
Kinyarwandaamahuguah-mah-HOO-goosoon
Englishpillagesoon
Frenchpillage, volsoon
Meaning
the act of forcibly taking others' property; plunder or pillage.
Good to know
pillage, robbing
Examples
- Intambara yazanye amahugu menshi mu mudugudu.The war brought much pillage to the village.
- Ntawashoboraga guhagarika amahugu y'abasirikare.No one could stop the soldiers' pillaging.
- Amahugu yabo yasize abaturage nta kintu bafite.Their plundering left the residents with nothing.
- Amahugu ni icyaha gihanwa n'amategeko.Pillage is a crime punished by law.
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