despoilment

Variant of despoil

despoil definition

de·spoil (dē spo̵il′, di-)

transitive verb

to deprive of something of value by or as by force; rob; plunder

Etymology: ME despoilen < OFr despoiller < L despoliare < de-, intens. + spoliare, to strip, rob: see spoil

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