despoliation

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A stripping or plundering; spoliation
{i} robbery, pillaging, plundering, looting
the act of stripping and taking by force
despoilment
despoil
To strip (someone) of their clothes; to undress

So Sir Persauntis doughter dud as her fadir bade hir, and so she yode unto Sir Bewmaynes bed and pryvyly she dispoyled hir and leyde hir downe by hym.

despoil
Plunder; spoliation
despoil
To violently strip (someone), with indirect object of their possessions etc.; to rob

A law which restored to them an immense domain of which they had been despoiled.

despoil
{v} to spoil, rob plunder, strip, deprive
despoil
To deprive for spoil; to take spoil from; to plunder; to rob; to pillage
despoil
{f} pillage, loot, rob
despoil
To despoil a place means to make it less attractive, valuable, or important by taking things away from it or by destroying it. people who despoil the countryside
despoil
steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
despoil
destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
despoil
To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe
despoil
Spoil
despoil
To strip of possessions; to divest or unclothe; to undress
despoil
To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; usually followed by of
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