Hypertext Webster Gateway: "despoliation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Despoliation \De*spo`li*a"tion\, n. [L. despoliatio. See
{Despoil}.]
A stripping or plundering; spoliation. --Bailey.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
despoliation
n : the act of stripping and taking by force [syn: {spoil}, {spoliation},
{spoilation}, {despoilment}]
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