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Answer for the clue "The act of stripping and taking by force ", 11 letters:
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.