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Definition of Despoilation
1. Noun. The act of stripping and taking by force.
Generic synonyms: Pillage, Pillaging, Plundering
Derivative terms: Despoil, Despoil, Despoil, Despoil, Spoil, Spoil, Spoil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Despoilation
Literary usage of Despoilation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Missionary's Life in the Land of the Gods by Isaac Dooman (1914)
""Patriotism," says D'Alembert, "amongst the lowest classes is nothing but a
sentiment of the personal welfare, and the fear of its despoilation. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting (1908)
"88; despoilation of by whites, 22. 31; duty of American people toward, 7; education
of, 20, 53-55. 57. 77-8o; health of endangered, 20, 23-26, 71, 81; ..."
3. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1893)
"The place was afterwards, for some years, subject to attack and despoilation both
by the Dutch tod French. 1. SAMUEL' WEAVER, a tanner, and by tradition of ..."
4. Report by Indians Rights Association (1908)
"... 57, 58, 6°, 8°, 88; despoilation of by whites, 22, 31; duty of American people
toward, 7; education of, 20, 53-55, 57, 77-8o; health of endangered, 20, ..."
5. The Historical Development of Modern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to by Charles McLean Andrews (1898)
"... he entered upon a scheme of dismemberment and despoilation involving a bargaining
of principalities and a neglect of binding engagements, ..."
6. The American Indian in the United States, Period 1850-1914 by Warren King Moorehead (1914)
"... presents in his book the legal point of view of the breaking of treaties and
agreements, and the despoilation of the following tribes: — Mission Indians ..."
7. The Story of the Great War by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Leonard Wood, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Austin Melvin Knight, Frederick Palmer, Frank Herbert Simonds, Arthur Brown Ruhl (1916)
"In some way they escaped here and there and were passed by without suffering
demolition and despoilation in spite of ..."
8. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1910)
"... as they existed during the summers of 1908 and 1909 before the despoilation
of this valuable tract of woodland made a phytogeographic survey impossible. ..."
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