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spoliate

[spoh-lee-eyt]

verb (used with object), verb (used without object), spo·li·at·ed, spo·li·at·ing.

to plunder, rob, or ruin.

Origin:
1715–25; < Latin spoliātus, past participle of spoliāre to spoil. See spoil, -ate¹

Related forms

spo·li·a·tor, noun

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spoliate (ˈspəʊlɪˌeɪt)

—vb
	a less common word for despoil

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