焚ふん掠りゃく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

pillaging and setting fire to

Archaic term describing the combined act of looting and burning, typically in a military or historical context. Modern Japanese would more commonly use separate verbs like 略奪する and 放火する.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには、敵てき軍ぐんによる焚ふん掠りゃくの記き録ろくが残のこっている。

  Ancient documents record the pillaging and burning by enemy forces.

• 「焚ふん掠りゃく」は、戦せん国ごく時じ代だいの合かっ戦せんでよく見みられた行こう為いを指さす古ふるい言こと葉ばだ。

  "焚掠" is an old word referring to the act of looting and setting fires, often seen in battles of the Warring States period.