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Definition of Despoliation
1. Noun. The act of stripping and taking by force.
Generic synonyms: Pillage, Pillaging, Plundering
Derivative terms: Despoil, Despoil, Despoil, Despoil, Spoil, Spoil, Spoil
Definition of Despoliation
1. n. A stripping or plundering; spoliation.
Definition of Despoliation
1. Noun. A stripping or plundering; spoliation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Despoliation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Despoliation
Literary usage of Despoliation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Women of the South in War Times by Matthew Page Andrews (1920)
"XXI despoliation AND PROTECTION As illustrating some form of contrast to the
story given above, a grateful tribute to a Federal ..."
2. Through America: Or, Nine Months in the United States by Walter Gore Marshall (1881)
"... Fall—The giant Canadian—The abuses of Niagara—'' Indian variety" stores—Wholesale
despoliation of natural scenery—The white- paint nuisance again—Towers ..."
3. Monterey, Cradle of California's Romance: The Story of a Lost Port that was by Grace MacFarland (1914)
"despoliation OF MISSIONS Seeing an opportunity to seize the rich mission lands
and obtain control of the Pious Fund, *the least scrupulous Mexican ..."
4. German Plans for the Next War by John de Barth Walbach Gardiner (1918)
"CHAPTER III despoliation OF BELGIUM SYSTEMATIC AND NOT WANTON GERMAN ambitions
and the German plan to achieve them have been made clear in many ways, ..."
5. The Mining Laws of the Republic of Colombia: With a Short Explanation of by Charles Bullman (1892)
"It can not be said that there is violent despoliation by public authority, ...
In order that this despoliation shall be classed as violent despoliation the ..."
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