despoil

Definitions


[dɪˈspɔɪl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- steal or violently remove valuable possessions from; plunder
(e.g: the church was despoiled of its marble wall covering)


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French despoillier, from Latin despoliare ‘rob, plunder’ (from spolia ‘spoil’)




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