# die Brandschatzung

die Brandschatzung is a German noun meaning “looting and pillaging”. Forms: der Brandschatzung, die Brandschatzungen.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Brandschatzung
- Plural: die Brandschatzungen

## In other languages

- Русский: наложение военной контрибуции

## Meanings

1. the exaction of tribute from a city under the threat of setting fire to it.
2. looting and pillaging

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