despoil

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To plunder; to pillage; take spoil from.
To violently strip (someone), with indirect object of their possessions etc.; to rob.
To strip (someone) of their clothes; to undress.

noun

/dɪˈspɔɪl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-despoil.wav

despoil despoils despoiling despoiled

From Middle English despoylen, dispoylen, from Old French despoillier ( > French dépouiller), from Latin dēspoliō, dēspoliāre.

despoliation spoliate spoliation

despoilable despoiler despoilment

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