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despoliation

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de⋅spo⋅li⋅a⋅tion

  [di-spoh-lee-ey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of plundering.
2. the fact or circumstance of being plundered.
Origin:
1650–60; < LL dēspoliātiōn- (s. of dēspoliātiō), equiv. to L dēspoliāt(us) (ptp. of dēspoliāre; see despoil ) + -iōn- -ion
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de·spo·li·a·tion   (dĭ-spō'lē-ā'shən)   
n.  The act of despoiling or the condition of being despoiled.

[Late Latin dēspoliātiō, dēspoliātiōn-, from Latin dēspoliātus, past participle of dēspoliāre, to despoil; see despoil.]
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