despoiling

[dih-spoil]

de·spoil

[dih-spoil]
verb (used with object)
to strip of possessions, things of value, etc.; rob; plunder; pillage.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English despoilen < Old French despoillier < Latin dēspoliāre to strip, rob, plunder, equivalent to dē- de- + spoliāre to plunder; see spoil

de·spoil·er, noun
de·spoil·ment, noun
un·de·spoiled, adjective


dispossess, divest; rifle, sack; fleece.

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