despoilment

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.

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[Middle English despoilen, from Old French despoillier, from Latin dspolire : d-, de- + spolire, to plunder (from spolium, booty).]

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de·spoiler n.

de·spoilment n.

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Noun

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despoilment - the act of stripping and taking by force despoilation, despoliation, spoilation, spoliation, spoil pillaging, plundering, pillage - the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"