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despoiler

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de·spoil  (d-spoil)
tr.v. de·spoiled, de·spoil·ing, de·spoils
1. To sack; plunder.
2. To deprive of something valuable by force; rob: a region despoiled of its scenic beauty by unchecked development.
[Middle English despoilen, from Old French despoillier, from Latin dspolire : d-, de- + spolire, to plunder (from spolium, booty).]
de·spoiler n.
de·spoilment n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.despoilerdespoiler - someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoiler
war, warfare - the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war"
buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover, pirate - someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
stealer, thief - a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it


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He would feel like the despoiler of the widow and the orphan.
Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
As a further provision for the efficacy of the federal powers, they took an oath mutually to defend and protect the united cities, to punish the violators of this oath, and to inflict vengeance on sacrilegious despoilers of the temple.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
He was very savage indeed; but his despoilers were well out of his reach, and after hurling a few taunts and missiles at him they swung away through the trees, fiercely reviling him.
Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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