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Grammar : Noun
Spell : spoh-lee-ey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌspoʊ liˈeɪ ʃən



Definition of spoliation

Origin :
  • c.1400, from Latin spoliationem (nominative spoliatio) "a robbing, plundering, pillaging," noun of action from spoliare "to plunder, rob" (see spoil).
  • As in pollution : noun dirtiness, contamination
  • As in rape : noun defilement; a forced sexual assault
  • As in violation : noun rape, defilement
  • As in contamination : noun adulteration
  • As in depredation : noun devastation, destruction
  • As in devastation : noun destruction
Example sentences :
  • Her ruse of spoliation within the law was evidence of her shrewdness, nothing more.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Ages of spoliation and cruelty and wrong had done their work.
  • Extract from : « A Short History of Spain » by Mary Platt Parmele
  • We believed this policy to be our only safeguard from spoliation, and in that we were right.
  • Extract from : « Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail » by Ezra Meeker
  • Yet the spoliation on the spot was emphasized and even put first in the demand.
  • Extract from : « The Wisdom of Father Brown » by G. K. Chesterton
  • The only difference is that Spoliation has changed her agent.
  • Extract from : « Sophisms of the Protectionists » by Frederic Bastiat
  • The Devil, you will say, because it is he who implants in our hearts the spirit of spoliation.
  • Extract from : « Sophisms of the Protectionists » by Frederic Bastiat
  • Spoliation not only displaces wealth, but always destroys a portion.
  • Extract from : « Sophisms of the Protectionists » by Frederic Bastiat
  • Why, for the same reason: they want to continue the spoliation of the people.
  • Extract from : « The Common Sense of Socialism » by John Spargo
  • But human reason cannot recognize this spoliation of the Deity.
  • Extract from : « Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II » by Martin Luther
  • He declared that the rapacious course of the railroads in Georgia had been spoliation.
  • Extract from : « Robert Toombs » by Pleasant A. Stovall

Synonyms for spoliation

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