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DESPOILMENT
spoil, spoliation, spoilation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation
(noun) the act of stripping and taking by force
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
despoilment (countable and uncountable, plural despoilments)
The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
Source: Wiktionary
De*spoil"ment, n.
Definition: Despoliation. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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