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despoil
de·spoil
[
di spóyl
]
(
past and past participle
de·spoiled
,
present participle
de·spoil·ing
,
3rd person present singular
de·spoils
)
transitive verb
Definition:
plunder:
to rob a place of everything of value
[
13th century. Via Old French
despoillier
< Latin
despoliare
"strip entirely of booty" <
spolium
"booty"
]
de·spoil·er
noun
de·spoil·ment
noun
de·spo·li·a·tion
[
di splee áysh'n
]
noun
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
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