despoiling 1 of 2

noun

Definition of despoilingnext
as in plundering

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despoiling

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verb

present participle of despoil
as in pillaging
to search through with the intent of committing robbery the burglars despoiled the art museum in search of treasures they thought they could sell to a fence

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  1. pillage
  2. plunder
  3. sacking
  4. spoliation
  5. predation
Noun
  • These are curated from the titles that were most frequently picked up in the Criterion Closet, that magical room full of the company’s releases that visiting filmmakers and luminaries are invited to peruse and pillage.
    Vulture Staff, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
  • At only 6 years old, Esai Reed has endured three emergency evacuations from orphanages across Haiti as gangs pillage and plunder their way through once peaceful communities.
    Dánica Coto, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of pillage
Noun
  • Swiss zoologists, botanists, engineers, priests and nuns from missionary societies, merchants and rentier businesspeople, warlords and mercenaries ventured out to participate in plunder and looting as adjuncts or sidekicks of the stronger world powers and financiers.
    Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Major museums in the West devoted to the presentation and preservation of art objects have fitfully begun acknowledging their ties to histories of violence and plunder.
    Leslie Camhi, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of plunder
Verb
  • The Rebels forced Ralston Valley to punt the ball after sacking Andrews on third-and-7.
    David Mullen, The Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Early in the third quarter, Hutchinson injured himself after sacking Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott.
    Jacob Lev, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of sacking
Noun
  • That amounts to spoliation, the defense claims, and should result in the dismissal of the charges against Trump.
    Perry Stein, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
  • The West should also prepare for a Russia that inflicts even greater spoliation on a global scale—but not drive it to do so.
    Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
Definition of spoliation
Noun
  • Plus, in areas with higher predator populations, shooting does earlier can increase fawn predation.
    Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2024
  • In essence, trees developing this adaptation are not all that different from Darwin’s finches evolving special beaks to crack particular seed shells, or a monarch caterpillar’s ability to accumulate milkweed toxin to limit predation by birds.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 13 Sep. 2024
Definition of predation
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