com-pīlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to snatch together and carry off, to plunder, pillage, rob (rare but class.).
I Prop., with acc. of person or thing robbed: aedes, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 6: fana, Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 86: si malui compilari quam venire, id. de Or. 2, 66, 268: consulem, exercitum, provinciamque, id. Verr. 2, 1, 13, § 35: hortos, id. Phil. 3, 12, 30: templa omnibus ornamentis compilata, Liv. 43, 7, 10: totum oppidum ostiatim, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53: ne te (servi) compilent fugientes, Hor. S. 1, 1, 78: ipsum (Jovem), Phaedr. 4, 11, 2.—With acc. of thing taken: ubi vir compilet clanculum, quicquid domi'st, Plaut. Men. 4, 1, 2.—
B With aliquem , to cudgel or beat soundly , Ap. Met. 7, 18, 13; 9, 2, 21.—
II Trop.: sapientiam, Cic. Mur. 11, 25: Crispini scrinia, Hor. S. 1, 1, 121.