spoliate

[spoh-lee-eyt]

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verb (used with or without object), spo·li·at·ed, spo·li·at·ing.

to plunder, rob, or ruin.

Origin of spoliate

1715–25; < Latin spoliātus, past participle of spoliāre to spoil. See spoil, -ate¹

Related formsspo·li·a·tor, noun

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Related Words for spoliate

demolish, depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, destroy, devastate, devour, fleece, gut, havoc, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, ransack, rape, ravage, rifle, rob

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Historical Examples of spoliate

Astor did not debauch, spoliate, and incite slaughter because he took pleasure in doing them.
History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I
Myers Gustavus

British Dictionary definitions for spoliate

spoliate

verb

a less common word for despoil

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