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In one vignette after another, this insouciant spoliator applies a serrefine or incisor to his opponents’ self-confidence.

From Time • Mar. 13, 2014

The spoliator of the Roman theatre was his ancestor, the tyrannical and justly-hated Maurice.

From The Roof of France by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

The head gardener glared in dismay at the fair spoliator.

From A Woman-Hater by Reade, Charles

Yet for the public spoliator there is two months' imprisonment; for the relapsed convict twenty years' hard labour and exposure.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 by Sue, Eugène

The Jesuits condemn him as a spoliator, the Franciscans hold him up as one who fought throughout his life for the honour of the founder of their rule.

From A Vanished Arcadia: being some account of the Jesuits in Paraguay 1607-1767 by Cunninghame Graham, R. B. (Robert Bontine)