In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SPOLIATES
Verb
spoliates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spoliate
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• isapostle
Source: Wiktionary
SPOLIATE
Spo"li*ate, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Spoliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Spoliating.] Etym: [L. spoliatus, p.p. of spoliare spoil. See Spoil, v. t.]
Definition: To plunder; to pillage; to despoil; to rob.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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