SPOLIATION

spoil, spoliation, spoilation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation

(noun) the act of stripping and taking by force

spoliation

(noun) (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

spoliation (countable and uncountable, plural spoliations)

(archaic) The act of plundering or spoiling; robbery

Synonyms: deprivation, despoliation

Robbery or plunder in times of war; especially, the authorized act or practice of plundering neutrals at sea.

(legal) The intentional destruction of or tampering with (a document) in such way as to impair evidentiary effect.

Anagrams

• isopointal, positional

Source: Wiktionary

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Spo`li*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. spoliatio; cf. F. spoliation. See Spoil, v. t.]

1. The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation. Legal spoliation, which will impoverish one part of the community in order to corrupt the remainder. Sir G. C. Lewis.

2. Robbery or plunder in war; especially, the authorized act or practice of plundering neutrals at sea.

3. (Eccl. Law) (a) The act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his benefice without right, but under a pretended title. Blackstone. (b) A process for possession of a church in a spiritual court.

4. (Law)

Definition: Injury done to a document.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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