English Explanatory Dictionary

spoliate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To plunder
  2. To engage in robbery; to plunder.

Word forms

spoliate spoliates spoliating spoliated

Etymology

From Latin spoliātus, perfect passive participle of spoliō (“plunder, pillage, rob”).

Synonyms

pillage despoil rob

Related words

despoil despoliation spoil spoliation spoliative spoliator spoliatory spolium
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