DESPOILER

plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter

(noun) someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

despoiler (plural despoilers)

One who despoils; one who strips by force; a plunderer.

Anagrams

• leprosied, spoilered

Source: Wiktionary


De*spoil"er, n.

Definition: One who despoils.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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