Meaning of DESPOLIATION
| Pronunciation: | | di`spowlee'eyshun
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| | Definition: | | [n] the act of stripping and taking by force |
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| | Synonyms: | | despoilation, despoilment, spoil, spoilation, spoliation |
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| | See Also: | | pillage, pillaging, plundering | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \De*spo`li*a"tion\, n. [L. despoliatio. See
{Despoil}.]
A stripping or plundering; spoliation. --Bailey.
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