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The act of stripping and taking by force
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despoilment
Word definitions for despoilment in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of stripping and taking by force [syn: spoil , spoliation , spoilation , despoilation , despoliation ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
despoilment \de*spoil"ment\, n. Despoliation. [R.]
Usage examples of despoilment.
For all the despoilments visited upon the place for good or ill, nothing could change the basic forces that lived here unseen and unmarked by any but the most attuned.