DESPOLIATION

spoil, spoliation, spoilation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation

(noun) the act of stripping and taking by force

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

despoliation (countable and uncountable, plural despoliations)

A stripping or plundering; spoliation.

Anagrams

• depositional, optionalised

Source: Wiktionary


De*spo`li*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. despoliatio. See Despoil.]

Definition: A stripping or plundering; spoliation. Bailey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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