What is "despoils"

Usage examples of "despoils".

The one who burns my towns, steals from my treasury, robs my caravans, despoils my priests.

What is a threadbare soldier who robs thee of thy clothes at the swords’ point when compared with the lawyer who despoils thee of thy whole estate with the stroke of a quill, and against whom thou canst claim no recompense or remedy?