Spoliation

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of despoiling or plundering.
  • n. Seizure of neutral vessels at sea by a belligerent power in time of war.
  • n. Law Intentional alteration or destruction of a document.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of plundering or spoiling; robbery; deprivation; despoliation.
  • n. Robbery or plunder in times of war; especially, the authorized act or practice of plundering neutrals at sea.
  • n. The intentional destruction of or tampering with (a document) in such way as to impair evidentiary effect.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation.
  • n. Robbery or plunder in war; especially, the authorized act or practice of plundering neutrals at sea.
  • n.
  • n. The act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his benefice without right, but under a pretended title.
  • n. A process for possession of a church in a spiritual court.
  • n. Injury done to a document.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of pillaging, plundering, or spoiling; robbery; plunder.
  • n. The act or practice of plundering in time of war, especially of plundering neutrals at sea under authority.
  • n. Eccles., the act of an incumbent in unlawfully taking the fruits of a benefice under a pretended title.
  • n. In law, intentional destruction of or tampering with (a document) in such way as to impair evidentiary effect.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence
  • n. the act of stripping and taking by force
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    devastation    destruction    pillaging    plundering    pillage   
    Form
    writ of spoliation   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    robbery    deprivation    despoliation    plunder    deprivotion   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    rapine    pillage    enslavement    devastation    extortion   
     
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