spoliate

Definitions


[ˈspəʊlɪeɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- rob of something; plunder
(e.g: the slogan was purely a cover to spoliate ecclesiastical endowments)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 18th century: from Latin spoliat- ‘spoilt’, from the verb spoliare ‘strip, deprive’




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