Despoilment - definition, transcription

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Amer.  |dɪsˈpɔɪlmənt|
Brit.  |dɪsˈpɔɪlmənt|

noun

- the act of stripping and taking by force (syn: despoliation, spoil, spoliation)

Extra examples

The landscape has been despoiled by industrial development.

...the burglars despoiled the art museum in search of treasures they thought they could sell to a fence...

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