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DESPOLIATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of stripping and taking by force
Synonyms:
despoilation; despoilment; despoliation; spoil; spoilation; spoliation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("despoliation" is a kind of...):
pillage; pillaging; plundering (the act of stealing valuable things from a place)
Derivation:
despoil (destroy and strip of its possession)
despoil (steal goods; take as spoils)
